A Letter to Augustus de Morgan, Esq. of Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor of Mathematics in University College, London, on His Claim to an Independent Re-Discovery of a New Principle in the Theory of Syllogism (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Letter to Augustus De Morgan, Esq. Of Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor of Mathematics in University College, London, on His Claim to an Independent Re-Discovery of a New Principle in the Theory of Syllogism On looking at a proposition so called, I find it is in truth several propositions; that is, there are several distinct assertions, each of which is a contradiction of the proposition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.