LessonsDefinitions in Logic: Complete and Incomplete Ḥadd and RasmQuiz

“Body” is a genus of human but not its nearest genus in this classical hierarchy. “Rational” is the proximate differentia. The formula thus uses a remote genus where the complete definition would use “animal.” Replacing body with animal gives the book’s complete ḥadd.

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Where “rational body” is incomplete

Definitions in Logic: Complete and Incomplete Ḥadd and Rasm

“Body” is a genus of human but not its nearest genus in this classical hierarchy. “Rational” is the proximate differentia. The formula thus uses a remote genus where the complete definition would use “animal.” Replacing body with animal gives the book’s complete ḥadd.