It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is … - John Stuart Mill

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Assessing existence while failing to embrace the insights of modern physics would be like wrestling in the dark with an unknown opponent.

John Stuart Mill

It must be granted that in every syllogism, considered as an argument to prove the conclusion, there is a petitio principii. When we say, All men are mortal Socrates is a man therefore Socrates is mortal; it is unanswerably urged by the adversaries of the syllogistic theory, that the proposition, Socrates is mortal.

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