LessonsThe Fourth Figure: Productive Conditions, Moods and ProofsQuiz

Minor: Every exegete is a scholar.
Major: Some authors are exegetes.
Conclusion: Some scholars are authors.

Middle: exegete — shared by both premises.
Minor term: scholar — subject of the conclusion.
Major term: author — predicate of the conclusion.

The middle is subject in the minor and predicate in the major: figure four. The universal affirmative minor plus particular affirmative major satisfies the first route. The authors who are exegetes are scholars, so the result follows.

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The Fourth Figure: Productive Conditions, Moods and Proofs

Minor: Every exegete is a scholar.
Major: Some authors are exegetes.
Conclusion: Some scholars are authors.

Middle: exegete — shared by both premises.
Minor term: scholar — subject of the conclusion.
Major term: author — predicate of the conclusion.

The middle is subject in the minor and predicate in the major: figure four. The universal affirmative minor plus particular affirmative major satisfies the first route. The authors who are exegetes are scholars, so the result follows.