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PROPOSITIONS REPRESENTED.
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20. We had better take "persons" as Universe. We may choose "myself" as 'Middle Term', in which case the Premisses will take the form
I am a-person-who-sent-him-to-bring-a-kitten; | ||
I am a-person-to-whom-he-brought-a-kettle-by-mistake. |
Or we may choose "he" as 'Middle Term', in which case the Premisses will take the form
He is a-person-whom-I-sent-to-bring-me-a-kitten; | ||
He is a-person-who-brought-me-a-kettle-by-mistake. |
The latter form seems best, as the interest of the anecdote clearly depends on his stupidity = "he"; = "persons whom I sent, &c."; and = "persons who brought, &c."
not on what happened to me. Let us then makeHence,
All are ; | ||
All are . |
and the required Diagram is
1 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | ||
[See p. 50]
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