LessonsPredication, Types of Categorical Proposition and Negated TermsQuiz

«اللاحَيُّ جماد»
The non-living is inanimate.

The subject “al-lā-ḥayy” is a compound conception including negation of being living. The predicate “inanimate” is nevertheless affirmed of that subject.

Subject: the non-living.
Predicate: the inanimate.
Judgment: an affirmative predication of the subject.

Negation within the subject term does not, by itself, turn the entire judgment into a negative proposition.

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Negation as part of the subject

Predication, Types of Categorical Proposition and Negated Terms

«اللاحَيُّ جماد»
The non-living is inanimate.

The subject “al-lā-ḥayy” is a compound conception including negation of being living. The predicate “inanimate” is nevertheless affirmed of that subject.

Subject: the non-living.
Predicate: the inanimate.
Judgment: an affirmative predication of the subject.

Negation within the subject term does not, by itself, turn the entire judgment into a negative proposition.