LessonsThe Fourth Figure: Productive Conditions, Moods and ProofsQuiz

Minor: All teachers are human.
Major: All literary scholars are teachers.
Conclusion: Some humans are literary scholars.

The major places scholars among teachers; the minor places all teachers among humans. Hence all scholars are human. If such scholars exist, at least some humans are scholars.

Nothing establishes that all humans are scholars. Reversing a universal affirmative without changing its quantity would be invalid.

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Two universal affirmative premises

The Fourth Figure: Productive Conditions, Moods and Proofs

Minor: All teachers are human.
Major: All literary scholars are teachers.
Conclusion: Some humans are literary scholars.

The major places scholars among teachers; the minor places all teachers among humans. Hence all scholars are human. If such scholars exist, at least some humans are scholars.

Nothing establishes that all humans are scholars. Reversing a universal affirmative without changing its quantity would be invalid.