LessonsPredication, Types of Categorical Proposition and Negated TermsQuiz

«وإن كان موجودا في الذهن»
And if the subject exists in the mind.

A proposition treating a concept precisely as a concept in the intellect is called mental (dhihniyyah).

«الإنسان كلي»
Human is universal.

Universality here does not belong to a particular human as an external characteristic. Zayd and Amr are individuals, not universals in their own persons. Being universal is a logical feature of the mentally considered human concept.

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The mental proposition

Predication, Types of Categorical Proposition and Negated Terms

«وإن كان موجودا في الذهن»
And if the subject exists in the mind.

A proposition treating a concept precisely as a concept in the intellect is called mental (dhihniyyah).

«الإنسان كلي»
Human is universal.

Universality here does not belong to a particular human as an external characteristic. Zayd and Amr are individuals, not universals in their own persons. Being universal is a logical feature of the mentally considered human concept.