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are y'" = "Some y' are x", "Some x' are y" = "Some y are x'", "Some x' are y'" = "Some y' are x'". Let us take, next, the Proposition "No x are y". This, we know, is equivalent to the Proposition of Existence "No xy exist". (See p. 33.) Hence it may be represented by the expression "xy_{0}". The Converse Proposition "No y are x" may of course be represented by the _same_ expression, viz. "xy_{0}". Similarly we may represent the three similar Pairs of Converse Propositions, viz.-- "No x are y'" = "No y' are x", "No x' are y" = "No y are x'", "No x' are y'" = "No y' are x'". pg072 Let us take, next, the Proposition "All x are y". Now it is evident that the Double Proposition of Existence "Some x exist and no xy' exist" tells us that _some_ x-Things exist, but that _none_ of them have the Attribute y': that is, it tells us that _all_ of them have the Attribute y: that is, it tells us that "All x are y". Also it is evident that the expression "x_{1} + xy'_{0}" represents this Double Proposition. Hence it also represents the Proposition "All x are y". [The Reader will perhaps be puzzled by the statement that the Proposition "All x are y" is equivalent to the Double Proposition "Some x exist and no xy' exist," remembering that it was stated, at p. 33, to be equivalent to the Double Proposition "Some x are y and no x are y'" (i.e. "Some xy exist and no xy' exist"). The explanation is that the Proposition "Some xy exist" contains _superfluous information_. "Some x exist" is enough for our purpose.] This expression may be written in a shorter form, viz. "x_{1}y'_{0}", since _each_ Subscript takes effect back to the _beginning_ of the expression. Similarly we may represent the seven similar Propositions "All x are y'", "All x' are y", "All x' are y'", "All y are x", "All y are x'", "All y' are x", and "All y' are x'". [The Reader should make out all these for himself.] It will be convenient to remember that, in translating a Proposition, beginning with "All", from abstract form into subscript form, or _vice versa_, the Predicate _changes sign_ (that is, changes from positive to negative, or else from negative to positive). [Thus, the Proposition "All y are x'" becomes "y_{1}x_{0}", where the Predicate changes from x' to x. Again, the expression "x'_{1}y'_{
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