Latin Works of Giordano Bruno

ON THE PROGRESS OF LOGICAL HUNTING.

First, [one looks] toward the predicate The part of a statement that asserts something about the subject; for example, in "all humans are mortal," "mortal" is the predicate. A; second, toward those things which are said of A or contain A, which are called consequents by Aristotle, and are signified by B; 712 G third, | toward those things of which A is said, or which are a 7r P contained | by A, and are called antecedents by Aristotle, and are signified by C; fourth, toward those things which are contrary to A itself, or remote and alien, of which A is not said and which are not said of A, and which A does not contain and by which A could not be contained, and are called contraries by Aristotle, and are signified by D. In a similar order, one should look toward E, the subject The main topic of a proposition; for example, in "all humans are mortal," "humans" is the subject. of the inquiry or problem; toward those things which are said of the subject, signified by F; toward those things of which the subject is said, signified by G; and toward those things opposite and alien to the subject, signified by H.

A geometric diagram representing logical relationships among eight points. Points B and F are at the top, D and H are in the middle, and C and G are at the bottom. Point A is an intersection point on the left side and Point E is an intersection point on the right side. Horizontal lines connect B to F, D to H, and C to G. Long diagonal lines connect B to G and F to C. Shorter diagonal lines connect B to E, F to A, G to A, and C to E.

15a 7v P There, to define whether every pleasure original: "voluptas" is a good original: "bonum", whether no pleasure is a good, whether some pleasure is a good, or whether...