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nt=' to (i.e. gives the same information as) the _two_ Propositions (1) "_Some_ Members of the Subject are Members of the Predicate"; (2) "_No_ Members of the Subject are Members of the Class whose Differentia is _contradictory_ to that of the Predicate". [Thus, the Proposition "_All_ bankers are rich men" is a _Double_ Proposition, and is equivalent to the _two_ Propositions (1) "_Some_ bankers are rich men"; (2) "_No_ bankers are _poor_ men".] pg019 Sec. 4. _What is implied, in a Proposition of Relation, as to the Reality of its Terms?_ Note that the rules, here laid down, are _arbitrary_, and only apply to Part I of my "Symbolic Logic." A Proposition of Relation, beginning with "Some", is henceforward to be understood as asserting that there are _some existing Things_, which, being Members of the Subject, are also Members of the Predicate; i.e. that _some existing Things_ are Members of _both_ Terms at once. Hence it is to be understood as implying that _each_ Term, taken by itself, is _Real_. [Thus, the Proposition "Some rich men are invalids" is to be understood as asserting that _some existing Things_ are "rich invalids". Hence it implies that _each_ of the two Classes, "rich men" and "invalids", taken by itself, is _Real_.] A Proposition of Relation, beginning with "No", is henceforward to be understood as asserting that there are _no existing Things_ which, being Members of the Subject, are also Members of the Predicate; i.e. that _no existing Things_ are Members of _both_ Terms at once. But this implies nothing as to the _Reality_ of either Term taken by itself. [Thus, the Proposition "No mermaids are milliners" is to be understood as asserting that _no existing Things_ are "mermaid-milliners". But this implies nothing as to the _Reality_, or the _Unreality_, of either of the two Classes, "mermaids" and "milliners", taken by itself. In this case as it happens, the Subject is _Imaginary_, and the Predicate _Real_.] A Proposition of Relation, beginning with "All", contains (see Sec. 3) a similar Proposition beginning with "Some". Hence it is to be understood as implying that _each_ Term, taken by itself, is _Real_. [Thus, the Proposition "All hyaenas are savage animals" contains the Proposition "Some hyaenas are savage
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