The standard arrangement of the first figure is:
Minor premise: minor term — middle term
Major premise: middle term — major term
Conclusion: minor term — major term
Example:
All students are humans.
All humans are living beings.
Therefore all students are living beings.
“Student” is the minor term, “living being” the major, and “human” the middle. The middle connects the premises but does not appear in the conclusion.
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The First Figure: Conditions of Validity and Four Productive Moods
The standard arrangement of the first figure is:
Minor premise: minor term — middle term
Major premise: middle term — major term
Conclusion: minor term — major term
Example:
All students are humans.
All humans are living beings.
Therefore all students are living beings.
“Student” is the minor term, “living being” the major, and “human” the middle. The middle connects the premises but does not appear in the conclusion.