Using, then, only affirmative hypothetical propositions in the major premise, there are four Moods:

But however absurd Maggie's logic might be, she was firm in her major premise.

This being unanswerable, Peter fell back on his major premise.

The city casuist might have smiled at the major premise-andlaughed at the ingenuous conclusion.

Therefore the major premise of Celarent is false, and the conclusion of Dimaris is true.

Perhaps some of our little readers remember what the major premise of this article was.

It is obvious that, given the hypothetical major premise-

Here the major premise is true, but the minor is false, and the conclusion is false.

The major premise is the law of reaction-

Similarly, if the major premise be verbal, thus:

The conclusion of Celarent, simply converted, contradicts the original major premise of Dimaris, and is therefore false.

Solomon gives five reasons for his major premise, that everything "under the sun" is vain.

I began with a major premise-toregard the confession as a real one, until it was proved otherwise.

Is the fact stated in the minor premise an instance of the general law expressed in the major premise?

A syllogism always consists of a major premise (A), a minor premise (B), and a conclusion (C).

The major premise stands: even the casual tourist has no real reason for fear, however scared he may become.