Description: "Barbari", one
of the syllogisms of Aristotelian logic.  All   is
        , all   is  , and some   exist, therefore some
         is  .  (In Aristotelian
notation, AAI-1:  MaP and SaM
       therefore SiP.) For example, given "All men are mortal",
"All Greeks are
       men", and "Greeks exist", therefore "Some Greeks are
mortal".  Note the
       existence hypothesis (to prove the "some" in the conclusion). 
Example
       from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism.
(Contributed by David
       A. Wheeler, 27-Aug-2016.)  (Revised by David A. Wheeler,
       30-Aug-2016.) |