The Game of Logic eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 66 pages of information about The Game of Logic.

The Game of Logic eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 66 pages of information about The Game of Logic.

67.  He called here yesterday; He is no friend of mine.

68.  No quadrupeds can whistle; Some cats are quadrupeds.

69.  No cooked meat is sold by butchers; No uncooked meat is served at dinner.

70.  Gold is heavy; Nothing but gold will silence him.

71.  Some pigs are wild; There are no pigs that are not fat.

72.  No emperors are dentists; All dentists are dreaded by children.

73.  All, who are not old, like walking; Neither you nor I are old.

74.  All blades are sharp; Some grasses are blades.

75.  No dictatorial person is popular; She is dictatorial.

76.  Some sweet things are unwholesome; No muffins are sweet.

77.  No military men write poetry; No generals are civilians.

78.  Bores are dreaded; A bore is never begged to prolong his visit.

79.  All owls are satisfactory; Some excuses are unsatisfactory.

80.  All my cousins are unjust; All judges are just.

81.  Some buns are rich; All buns are nice.

82.  No medicine is nice; No pills are unmedicinal.

83.  Some lessons are difficult; What is difficult needs attention.

84.  No unexpected pleasure annoys me; Your visit is an unexpected pleasure.

85.  Caterpillars are not eloquent; Jones is eloquent.

86.  Some bald people wear wigs; All your children have hair.

87.  All wasps are unfriendly; Unfriendly creatures are always unwelcome.

88.  No bankrupts are rich; Some merchants are not bankrupts.

89.  Weasels sometimes sleep; All animals sometimes sleep.

90.  Ill-managed concerns are unprofitable; Railways are never ill-managed.

91.  Everybody has seen a pig; Nobody admires a pig.

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Extract a Pair of Premisses out of each of the following:  and deduce the Conclusion, if there is one:—­

92.  “The Lion, as any one can tell you who has been chased by them as often as I have, is a very savage animal:  and there are certain individuals among them, though I will not guarantee it as a general law, who do not drink coffee.”

93.  “It was most absurd of you to offer it!  You might have known, if you had had any sense, that no old sailors ever like gruel!”

“But I thought, as he was an uncle of yours—­”

“An uncle of mine, indeed!  Stuff!”

“You may call it stuff, if you like.  All I know is, my uncles are all old men:  and they like gruel like anything!”

“Well, then your uncles are—­”

94.  “Do come away!  I can’t stand this squeezing any more.  No crowded shops are comfortable, you know very well.”

“Well, who expects to be comfortable, out shopping?”

“Why, I do, of course!  And I’m sure there are some shops, further down the street, that are not crowded.  So—­”

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