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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Title: 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.
Author: Blundeville, Thomas, fl. 1561.
Publication: London :: Printed by William Stansby, and are to be sold by Matthew Lownes,; 1617.
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Subject terms: Logic -- Early works to 1800.
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Of the More.

THese two words, More or lesse, how are they to be taken?

We vnderstand heere by More, that which hath more probabilitie, and by the Lesse, that which hath lesse probabi∣litie.

How may we reason from the More to the Lesse?

Onely Negatiuely, and that three manner of wayes: first, from the Subiect, as thus: Cicero was not able to defend this cause, much lesse any other common Orator: secondly, from the Predicate thus: If this man be not able to beare one hun∣dred weight, much lesse two hundred weight: thirdly, from the Subiect, and Predicate both together thus: A strong man is not able to beare a hundred weight: Ergo, much lesse a weake childe is able to beare two hundred weight.

What is the Maxime of this place?

If it preuaileth not in the More, it cannot preuaile in the Lesse.