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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From the Comparatiue to the Positiues.

HOw may we reason from the Comparatiue to the Positiue?

Affirmatiuely thus: Uirgil was a more learned Poet then Horace: Ergo, Virgil was a learned Poet: Honey is swee∣ter then Milke: Ergo, Honey is sweete.

What is the Maxime of this place?

If the Comparatiue degree be truly and properly applyed to any thing: the Positiue must needes be also rightly applyed to the same. I say, heere properly to auoid Ambiguitie, for it were no good Consequent to say thus: the sea of Caspia is more sweete then any other sea: Ergo, it is sweete and not salt: for this word Sweet hath not in this speech his proper significati∣on, but is rather taken, for that which is lesse bitter or salt.