This lesson went smoother than the other two figures. I was tracking all the distinctions just fine, so perhaps that is a sign that there has been a growth in perception for these syllogisms. One thing that became more evident to me as I began to notate, and chart the syllogisms, was the positioning of the middle term across all three figures. Viz. in the first syllogism the middle is both subject, and predicate, in the second figure the middle is only the predicate, and now in the third figure the middle is only the subject. Stumbling on this made the hierarchical flow of the first figure, the categorical order of the second figure, and the convergent induction of the third figure, more obvious to me.
Maybe this will all begin to tie together the more I internalize these valid syllogisms? When possible, I’ve been trying to just meditate on different ones in atomized form, the relationships of the terms, what they are implying, thinking of the middle, the flow predication, etc. I’m avoiding any attempt to do demonstrations on my own with any ideas I already know and sticking to ABC terms. I’m interested in finding out what is next from Aristotle now that these figures have been taught to me.
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