A Familiar Introduction to the Arts Sciences: With Original Introductory Essays Upon the Subject of Each Lesson. for the Use of Schools and Young Persons. Containing a General Explication of the Fundamental Principles and Facts of the Sciences, Divided in
A Familiar Introduction to the Arts Sciences: With Original Introductory Essays Upon the Subject of Each Lesson. for the Use of Schools and Young Persons. Containing a General Explication of the Fundamental Principles and Facts of the Sciences, Divided in
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to ... where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 38. A judgment or mental proposition, is that union or separation of the ideas which is the result of the act of judging, and it may exist without any connection with words. 9. A proposition is a judgment clothed in words; and it consists of three parts: the subject, the predicate, and copula. Ex.1. Virtue is excellent. 2. Gold and silver are the most precious metals. Here textit{virtue ...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to ... where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 38. A judgment or mental proposition, is that union or separation of the ideas which is the result of the act of judging, and it may exist without any connection with words. 9. A proposition is a judgment clothed in words; and it consists of three parts: the subject, the predicate, and copula. Ex.1. Virtue is excellent. 2. Gold and silver are the most precious metals. Here textit{virtue in the one example, and textit{gold and silver in the other, are subjects: the verbs textit{is and textit{are the copute; textit{excellent and textit{most precious metals the predicates. 10. The textit{subject of a proposition is the idea concerning which something is affirmed or denied: textit{the predicate is the idea united to, or separated from, the subject: the textit{copula is the sign which represents the union or the separation of the subject of the predicate. Illustration.In the proposition, Wisdom is the principal thing. textit{Wisdom is the subject, textit{is the copula, and textit{principal thing the predicate. 11. The several parts of a proposition are not always distinctly expressed, but are always understood: thus I walk, he pleads, maybe resolved into I am walking, he is pleading. ' 12. Propositions may be divided into affirmative and negative: the textit{affirmative connects the predicate with the subject: as gold is heavy: the textit{negative separates the predicate from the subject: as Man is not perfect. 13. Propositions are universal and particular: in an textit{universal proposition the predicate extends to the whole subject: as textit{All men are mortal. textit{No man is truly happy. 14. The signs of an universal proposition are usually the words textit{all, every, no, none. 15. In a textit{particular proposition the predicate is limited to a par...
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