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 an Enthimeme.

WHat is an Enthimeme?

An Enthimeme is an vnperfect Syllogisme, made for haste or speed of two Propositions only, (that is) of one of the Premisses, called in this kind of argument the Antecedent, and of the conclusion called heere the Consequent, for the other of the Premisses being supposed to be true and well knowne, is left out of purpose, as a thing superfluous, and not needfull to be recited, and sometime the Maior is left out, as thus: Vo∣luptuousnesse is not perpetuall nor proper, it is not therefore the chiefe felicitie: and sometime the Minor is left out, as heere: Euery good thing maketh his possessor the better, ther∣fore voluptuousnesse is not good.

How shall a man know when the Maior or Minor is left out?

It is easie to know which of the Premisses is left out by this meanes, for if the Subiect of the Antecedent and of the Con∣sequent be all one, then the Maior is left out, but if they bee not all one, but diuers, then the Minor is left out, as you may see in the two last examples, and the part lacking, being redu∣ced together with the rest into a Syllogisme, will quickly shew the truth or falsehood of the Argument.

From whence are such kindes of Arguments gathered?

They are gathered for the most part from signes, which if they be necessarie, then the Enthimeme also is necessarie, as thus: The woman giueth milke: Ergo, shee hath had a childe, or is with childe; if the signes be probable, then the Enthi∣meme is also probable, as thus: This man is a night-gadder: Ergo, he is a thiefe.