The arte of logick Plainely taught in the English tongue, according to the best approued authors. Very necessary for all students in any profession, how to defend any argument against all subtill sophisters, and cauelling schismatikes, and how to confute their false syllogismes, and captious arguments. By M. Blundevile.
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- The arte of logick Plainely taught in the English tongue, according to the best approued authors. Very necessary for all students in any profession, how to defend any argument against all subtill sophisters, and cauelling schismatikes, and how to confute their false syllogismes, and captious arguments. By M. Blundevile.
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Contents
- title page
- To the Reader.
- A Postscript.
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The Contents of the Chapters contayned
in these sixe Bookes of LOGICKE. -
THE ART OF
LOGICKE. -
THE FIRST BOOKE.
- CHAP. I.
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CHAP. II.
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Of a question, and of certaine diuisions of words.
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W Hat is a question? - Which call you simple, and which compound?
- Of what parts doth a compound question consist?
- What meane you by these words, subiect and predicate?
- How shall I know in long speeches, and specially being preposterously set, which is the Subiect, and which is the predicate?
- Sith euery question doth consist of words, me thinks it were necessary to shew how words are diuided.
- What is the second diuision of words?
- Which are they?
- What is the third diuision of words?
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Of a question, and of certaine diuisions of words.
- CHAP. III.
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CHAP. IV.
- Of words vniuersall or generall.
- Of the fiue Predicables.
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Of the speciall kinde, called in Latine
Species. -
Of the generall kinde, called
Genus. -
Of Difference, called of the Latines,
Differentia. -
Of Property, called in Latine,
Proprium. -
Of an accident, called in Latine,
Accidens. - Of the manifold vses of the aforesaid fiue Predicables.
- CHAP. V.
- CHAP. VI.
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CHAP. VII.
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Of Forepredicaments.
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W Hat meane you by forepredicaments? - What, and how many things defineth he?
- What call you Equiuokes?
- What call you Vniuokes?
- What call you Denominatiues?
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To what end doth Aristotle chiefly vse th
se definitions? - What is Predication Equiuocall?
- What is Predication Vniuocall?
- What is Predication Denominatiue?
- What, and how many diuisions be there?
- Shew how.
- What is the second diuision?
- Whereto serueth this diuision?
- Now tell how many, and what those rules bee, whereof you spake before▪
- What is the second rule?
- To what end serue these rules?
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Of Forepredicaments.
- CHAP. VIII.
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CHAP. IX.
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Of Quantitie.
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W Hat is quantitie, and how is it diuided? - What is whole quantitie?
- How many kindes of whole quantitie be there?
- Shew how they are defined and diuided.
- How many kindes of this mouing be there, and which be they?
- How is time diuided?
- What is broken quantitie?
- What is number, and how is it diuided?
- What things are comprehended vnder broken quantitie?
- How is speech here taken?
- What, and how many properties doe belong to quantitie?
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Of Quantitie.
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CHAP. X.
- Of Qualitie.
- Of naturall power and impotencie, the second kinde of Qualitie.
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Of passion and passible qualitie, the third kinde of qualitie.
- WHat doth the third kinde of qualitie comprehend?
- What is passion?
- What is passible qualitie?
- What is comprehended vnder passible qualitie?
- Which be the chiefe passions or affections of the minde?
- How is ioy defined, and what good or euill branches doe spring thereof?
- What is lust, and what affections doe spring thereof?
- What is sorrow, and what affections doe arise thereof?
- What is feare, and what affections doe rise thereof?
- Why are these obiects of the senses called passible qualities?
- Of figure and forme, the fourth kinde of qualitie.
- Of the properties of qualitie.
- CHAP. XI.
- CHAP. XII.
- CHAP. XIII.
- CHAP. XIIII.
- CHAP. XV.
- CHAP. XVI.
- CHAP. XVII.
- CHAP. XVIII.
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CHAP. XIX.
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Of Post-predicaments.
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W Hat meane you by Post-predicaments? - Which are they?
- What is opposition?
- Is it all one, to be diuers, and contrarie?
- How many waies are things said to be contrarie one to another?
- Which things are said to be opposite or contrarie by relation?
- Which things are said to be opposite by contrarietie?
- How are contraries diuided?
- When are they said to haue a meane?
- When are they said to haue no meane?
- Which are opposites by priuation?
- Wherefore doe you adde this clause, at such time as nature doth ap∣point?
- Which be opposite by contradiction?
- Giue examples of both.
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Of Post-predicaments.
- CHAP. XX.
- CHAP. XXI.
- CHAP. XXII.
- CHAP. XXIII.
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THE ART OF
LOGICKE. THE SECOND BOOKE.-
CHAP. I.
- Of Definition.
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Of the definition of a thing.
- WHat is the definition of a thing?
- How is the definition of a thing diuided?
- What is definition essentiall?
- When is it said to be a causall definition?
- How many chiefe kindes of causes be there?
- How define you matter?
- What is Forme?
- What is the cause efficient?
- What is the end, or finall cause▪
- Giue examples of definitions made of euery one of these causes.
- May not a good definition be made of many of these causes ioined together?
- Giue example.
- When is a definition said to be made by the Relatiue?
- When is a definition said to be made by the effects, vertues, or offi∣ces of the thing defined?
- When is a definition said to be made by numbering vp of the parts?
- Giue examples of both these waies.
- When is a definition said to be made by heaping vp of accidents?
- CHAP. II.
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CHAP. III.
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Of Diuision.
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W Hat is Diuision? - When is it said to be the diuision of a name?
- How manifold is the diuision of a thing?
- When is it properly said to be substantiall?
- When is this kinde of diuision to be vsed?
- What call you a partible diuision?
- First, I pray you tell what you meane by whole substantiall, and whole integrall.
- How define you substantiall parts?
- Which be called integrall parts?
- Which are similar, and which dissimilar?
- Which call you dissimilar or vnlike?
- Wherein doth partition and diuision differ?
- How manifold is diuision accident all?
- Giue examples of all these three waies.
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Of Diuision.
- CHAP. IIII.
- CHAP. V.
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CHAP. I.
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THE ART OF
LOGICKE. THE THIRD BOOKE.-
CHAP. I.
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Of a Proposition.
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W Hat is a Proposition? - Whereof is such speech specially com∣pounded?
- Of how many parts doth a Proposition consist?
- What is the Copulat?
- How many waies is a proposition diuided?
- What is an absolute categoricall proposition?
- How is a simple proposition diuided according to qualitie?
- When is it said to be affirmatiue, and when negatiue?
- How many waies is a simple proposition diuided according to quan∣titie?
- When is it said to be vniuersall?
- Which words are said to be vniuersall signes?
- When is it said to be a particular proposition?
- Which call you particular signes?
- When is it said to be indefinite?
- When is it said to be singular?
- What, and how many questions doe rise of these three diuisions?
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Of a Proposition.
- CHAP. II.
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CHAP. III.
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Of the Lawes and conditions belonging to these foure kindes of oppo∣sites before recited: and of the diuers matter of a Proposition.
- How manifold is that matter?
- When is a proposition said to consist of matter naturall?
- When is a proposition said to consist of matter contingent?
- When is a proposition said to consist of matter remote or vnnaturall?
- What are the lawes of contrarie propositions?
- What are the lawes of subcontrarie propositions?
- What be the lawes of contradictorie propositions?
- What be the lawes of sub alternat propositions?
- What good is to be reaped by the knowledge of these opposites?
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Of the Lawes and conditions belonging to these foure kindes of oppo∣sites before recited: and of the diuers matter of a Proposition.
- CHAP. IIII.
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CHAP. V.
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Of conuersion of simple propositions.
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W Hat is conuersion? - How manifold is such conuersion?
- What is simple conuersion?
- What propositions are conuerted by this manner of conuersion?
- Giue examples of both.
- What is conuersion by accident?
- What propositions are conuerted this way?
- Giue examples.
- What is conuersion by contraposition?
- Which call you termes infinite?
- What propositions are conuerted this manner of way?
- Giue examples.
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Of conuersion of simple propositions.
- CHAP. VI.
- CHAP. VII.
- CHAP. VIII.
- CHAP. IX.
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CHAP. X.
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Of a compound or hypotheticall proposition.
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W Hat is a compound proposition? - How manifold is it?
- When is it said to be conditionall?
- When is it said to be copulatiue?
- When is it said to be disiunctiue?
- Of how many parts doth a compound proposition consist?
- Which call you the antecedent?
- What things are to be considered in hypotheticall propositions?
- How is that Contradiction to be vnderstood?
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Of a compound or hypotheticall proposition.
- CHAP. XI.
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CHAP. I.
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THE ART OF
LOGICKE. THE FOVRTH BOOKE.- CHAP. I.
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CHAP. II.
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Of the Places of Persons.
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G lue examples of all the Places of persons. - Of the name.
- Of the stocke or birth.
- Of the nation.
- Of the sex or kinde.
- Of the age.
- Of education.
- Of the habit of the body.
- Of the affections of the minde.
- Of the state, calling, or condition of life.
- Of dyet.
- Of studie or exercise.
- Of things done.
- Of death.
- Of things chancing after death.
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Of the Places of Persons.
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CHAP. III.
- Of the Places of things, and first of artificiall Places.
- Of Definition and the thing defined.
- Of Description, and the thing described.
- Of Interpretation and the thing interpreted.
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Of the Place of Matter, and of the thing made.
- WHat is Matter?
- How is Matter diuided?
- What is Matter permanent?
- What is Matter transient?
- How are arguments to be fetched from Matter permanent?
- How are arguments to be fetched from Matter transient?
- What be the Maxims of this Place?
- How may we reason from the thing made to the matter?
- What be the Maxims of this Place?
- How may you else reason from these two Places?
- Of the Places of Forme and shape.
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Of the generall kinde.
- WHat is generall kinde?
- How are Arguments to be fetched from the generall kinde to the speciall kinde?
- Rehearse the Maxims belonging to the generall kinde?
- How many Places doth this Place of generall kinde comprehend?
- What is All or euery in quantitie?
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When is it all or euery
respect? - Giue examples of this place.
- What is all or euery in place?
- What is all or euery in time?
- What maxims doe belong to these places?
- Of the speciall kind.
- Of the place of Difference.
- Of the place of Propertie.
- Of the place of whole Integrall.
- Of the place of Integrall parts.
- Of the places of things accompanying Substance.
- Of the place of Generation, and of the thing engendred.
- Of Corruption, and the thing Corrupted.
- Of Vse.
- Of the Subiect.
- Of Adiacents and Actions.
- Of Apposition.
- Of common Accidents.
- Of Probable Accidents, Coniectures, Presumptions, Signes, and Circumstances.
- Of Time.
- Of Place.
- Of outward Places, and first of Causes.
- Of the Cause Efficient.
- Of the End.
- Of Opposites.
- And first of Relatiues.
- Of Contraries.
- Of Priuatiues.
- Of Contradictories.
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Of things differing in kinde, called of the La∣tines
Disparata. - Of Comparison.
- Of the More.
- Of the Lesse.
- Of Like and Unlike.
- Of Example.
- Of Unlike.
- Of the degrees of Comparison.
- From the Comparatiue to the Positiues.
- From the Positiue to the Comparatiue.
- From two Positiues to two Comparatiues and two Superlatiues.
- Of Proportion.
- Of Changed Proportion.
- Of Disproportion.
- From Disproportion changed or transposed.
- Of Translation.
- Of Meane places.
- And first of Coniugates and Cases.
- Of Diuision.
- Of inartisiciall places.
- Of Authoritie.
- And first of Fore-iudgements or Ruled Cases.
- Of Rumor and Fame.
- Of Torture.
- Of Writings and Euidences.
- Of Oathes.
- Of Witnesses.
- The Theame or Proposition.
- From the Etymologie.
- From the Matter.
- From the forme or shape of Man.
- From the generall kinde.
- From the speciall kinde.
- From the common Accidents.
- From the cause efficient.
- From the End.
- From the Definition of the Predicate.
- From the Description.
- From the Etymologie.
- From the generall Kinde.
- From the speciall Kinde.
- From the corruption of the Subiect.
- From the vse of the Subiect.
- From common Accidents.
- From the cause Efficient.
- From the Effect.
- From the End.
- From the Lesse to the More.
- From Similitude or Likenesse.
- From Authoritie.
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THE FIFT BOOKE
OF LOGICKE. - CHAP. I.
- CHAP. II.
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CHAP. III.
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Of the Matter and Forme of a simple com∣mon Syllogisme.
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W Hat things are said to bee the Matter of a Syllo∣gisme? - Define what these three Termes be?
- What is the Meane terme?
- How is such proofe to be found out?
- Giue examples of all these foure wayes.
- Which be the three Propositions whereof a Syllogisme doth con∣sist?
- Which call you the Maior?
- Which call you the Minor?
- What is the Conclusion?
- Giue example.
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Of the Matter and Forme of a simple com∣mon Syllogisme.
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CHAP. IIII.
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Of the Forme of a Syllogisme.
- question and answer
- What is ameode?
- How many moodes doe belong to the first figure?
- What is to conclude directly or indirectly?
- How many moodes doe belong to the second figure?
- How many moodes doe belong to the third Figure?
- What is to be considered in these words of Art or Moods?
- Which are those Vowels, and what doe they signifie?
- Which be the Consonants, and what doe they signifie?
- In the meane time, then giue examples of the Moods belonging to all the Figures?
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Of the Forme of a Syllogisme.
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CHAP. V.
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Of certaine Rules, as well Generall, as Speciall, belonging to the three Figures.
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H Ow many Generall Rules be there, which are com∣mon to all the three Figures? - Which is the first of those that belong to quātity?
- Why so?
- Which is the second Rule that belongeth to quantitie?
- Why so?
- What is the first Rule belonging to qualitie?
- Why so?
- Which is the second Rule belonging to qualitie?
- Why so?
- Which be the speciall Rules belonging to the three Figures?
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Of certaine Rules, as well Generall, as Speciall, belonging to the three Figures.
- CHAP. VI.
- CHAP. VII.
- CHAP. VIII.
- CHAP. IX.
- CHAP. X.
- CHAP. XI.
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CHAP. XII.
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Of Reduction, and of the kindes thereof, and also of the signi∣fication of certaine consonants in the words of Art seruing to Reduction.
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W Hat is Reduction? - How manfold is such Reduction?
- What is Reduction offensiue?
- What meane yee by transposing of the premisses, for as touching conuersion ye haue spoken thereof before, lib. 3. cap. 6.
- What is Reduction by impossibilitie?
- Which be the other foure Consonants, and what doe they signifie?
- Giue examples, and shew how such Reduction is to be made.
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Of Reduction, and of the kindes thereof, and also of the signi∣fication of certaine consonants in the words of Art seruing to Reduction.
- CHAP. XIII.
- CHAP. XIIII.
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CHAP. XV.
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Of a compound Syllogisme, and of the diuers kindes thereof.
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W Hat is a compound Syllogisme, and how many kinds thereof bee there? - Of how many parts doth a compound Syllogisme consist?
- How is the trueth of a compound Syllogisme to be sound out?
- Are there no other kindes of compound Syllogismes?
- Which is the first way?
- Which is the secondway?
- Which is the third way?
- Which is the fourth way?
- Which is the fift way?
- Which is the sixt way?
- Which is the seuenth way?
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Of a compound Syllogisme, and of the diuers kindes thereof.
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CHAP. XVI.
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Of a Consequent, and by what meanes and rules the good∣nesse thereof is to be knowne.
- What is a Consequent?
- How many parts are requisite in a Consequent?
- How is it diuided?
- When is it said to be Formall?
- When is it said to be Materiall?
- Whereupon doth the goodnesse of a Consequent chiefely de∣pend?
- How else shall a man know whether a Consequent bee good or not?
- What rules doe the Schoole-men set downe to know a good Conse∣quent?
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Of a Consequent, and by what meanes and rules the good∣nesse thereof is to be knowne.
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CHAP. XVII.
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Of a Syllogisme Demonstratiue.
- What is a Syllogisme Demonstratiue?
- What meane yee by necessary and immediate Propositions?
- What be immediate Propositions?
- Which be those Properties?
- What is to be spoken of all?
- What is to be spoken by it selfe?
- What is to be spoken vniuersally?
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How doth
Aristotle define Demonstration? - What is Science?
- What is to know?
- Giue example of a Syllogisme Demonstratiue.
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Of a Syllogisme Demonstratiue.
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CHAP. XVIII.
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Of the certaintie of Mans knowledge.
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W Hereof dependeth the certaintie of Mans know∣ledge? - What is vniuersall experience?
- What be Principles?
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How doth
Aristotle define Principles? - How many Diuisions doe the Schoole-men make Principles?
- Rehearse those Diuisions.
- Wherefore are they called Dignities or Maximes?
- What be Positions?
- Define these kindes.
- What is the third thing wherof the certaintie of mans knowledge dependeth?
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Of the certaintie of Mans knowledge.
- CHAP. XIX.
- CHAP. XX.
- CHAP. XXI.
- CHAP. XXII.
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CHAP. XXIII.
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Of Induction.
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W Hat is Induction? - What is to be obserued in this kind of reasoning?
- How manifold is Induction?
- Giue example of Induction.
- Giue example of an Induction proceeding from the speciall kinds to their generall kinds?
- Which of these two kindes of reasoning, eyther an Induction or a Syllogisme is most familiar and easie to man?
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Of Induction.
- CHAP. XXIIII.
- CHAP. XXV.
- CHAP. XXVI.
- CHAP. XXVII.
- CHAP. XXVIII.
- CHAP. XXIX.
- CHAP. XXX.
- CHAP. XXXI.
- CHAP. XXXII.
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THE SIXT BOOKE
OF LOGICKE.
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THE FIRST BOOKE.