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Sect. V. Syllogism divided according to 

 THEIR Matter. 



Let it be observed, that as syllogisms have been 

 divided according to their figure or form into abso- 

 lute and conditional, so are they likewise distin- 

 guished according to their matter or constituent parts, 

 into five different classes, vi%. the demonstrative, the 

 casuistical, the rhetorical, the poetical, the so- 

 phistical. 



I. The demonstrative are composed of truths^ that 

 is to say, perceptions, the different species of which 

 are six. 



1. Intuitive or self-evident truths ; to obtain which 

 the bare inspection of the subject and predicate, 

 and the relation in which they stand to each 

 other is sufficient : for example, " a whole is 

 larger than a part." 



2. Evidences, obtained by means of sensation 

 which are called Hissiaut if they be external, 

 such as " the sun shines, the fire burns ; and 

 Judinaut, if they be internal ; as, for example, 

 " hunger and thirst." 



3. Experiences, which are the conclusions formed 

 by the understanding from repeated trials ; as, 

 for example, ** that Scammony is a Cathartic." 



4. Traditions, which are the conclusions which 

 the understanding forms from the reports of a 

 number of people ; and which cannot be sup- 

 posed to be false, such as the mission of the 

 prophet MaHommed, and Jesus Christ. 



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