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ENTHYMEME (Gr. v, Buµos)

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ENTHYMEME (Gr. v, Buµos) , in formal See also:logic, the technical name of a syllogistic See also:argument which is incompletely stated. Any one of the premises may be omitted, but in See also:general it is that one which is most obvious or most naturally See also:present to the mind. In point of fact the full formal statement of a See also:syllogism is rare, especially in rhetorical See also:language, when the deliberate omission of one of the premises has a dramatic effect. This the suppression of the conclusion may have the effect of emphasizing the See also:idea which necessarily follows from the premises. Far commoner is the omission of one of the premises which is either too clear to need statement or of a See also:character which makes its omission desirable. A famous instance quoted in the See also:Port Royal Logic, pt. iii. ch. xiv., is See also:Medea's remark to See also:Jason in See also:Ovid's Medea, " Servare potui, perdere an possim rogas? " where the See also:major premise " Qui servare, perdere possunt " is understood. This use of the word enthymeme differs from See also:Aristotle's See also:original application of it to a syllogism based on probabilities or signs t< eiKOrrwv i1 arlµeiwv), i.e. on propositions which are generally valid (efK6ra) or on particular facts which may be held to justify a general principle or another particular fact (Anal. See also:prior. See also:xxvii. 7o a zo). See beside See also:text-books on logic, See also:Sir W. See also:Hamilton's Discussions 1847); See also:Mansel's ed. of See also:Aldrich, Appendix F; H W.

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Joseph, ntrod. to Logic, See also:chap. xvi.

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