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 Still it is improper to object to it, if it be an inductive proposition; for as neither is that a proposition which is not in respect of many things, (since it will not be in all, but syllogism is from universals,) neither, it appears clear, is that an objection, for propositions and objections are the same, as the objection which one adduces, may become either a demonstrative or a dialectic proposition.

It occurs that some argue contrary to syllogism, from assuming the consequences of both (extremes), as Cæneus does, that fire is in a multiple proportion, because, as he says, both fire and this proportion are rapidly generated. But thus there is no syllogism, though there will be, if