LessonsDemonstration and the Six Kinds of Certain PremisesQuiz

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The whole is greater than its part.

The comparison presupposes a proper part of that same whole. If a whole contains ten equal constituent units, three of those units cannot amount to the entire ten-unit whole.

The relation is immediately clear once whole and proper part are correctly understood. The example does not license comparing unrelated magnitudes or redefining a part as the entire object.

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First principle: whole and part

Demonstration and the Six Kinds of Certain Premises

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The whole is greater than its part.

The comparison presupposes a proper part of that same whole. If a whole contains ten equal constituent units, three of those units cannot amount to the entire ten-unit whole.

The relation is immediately clear once whole and proper part are correctly understood. The example does not license comparing unrelated magnitudes or redefining a part as the entire object.