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ENTHYMEME (Gr. v, Buos) , in formal logic, the technical name of a syllogistic argument
syllogism
suppression of the conclusion may have the effect of emphasizing the 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 character which makes its omission desirable. A famous instance quoted in the Port Royal Logic, pt. iii. ch. xiv., is Medea
Ovid 's Medea
Aristotle
original
syllogism based on probabilities or signs t< eiKOrrwv i1 arleiwv), 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. prior.xxvii. 7o a zo). See beside text-books on logic, Sir W. Hamilton's Discussions 1847); Mansel
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