The book’s example runs as follows:
Known statement 1: Humans are living beings.
Known statement 2: Every living being has a body.
Conclusion: Therefore humans have bodies.
The first statement places humans among living beings; the second attributes a body to every member of that broader class. Together they support the conclusion.
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Ḥujjah: Deriving a Conclusion from Known Judgments
The book’s example runs as follows:
Known statement 1: Humans are living beings.
Known statement 2: Every living being has a body.
Conclusion: Therefore humans have bodies.
The first statement places humans among living beings; the second attributes a body to every member of that broader class. Together they support the conclusion.