§ 297. If this were so, it is plain that the number of possible
propositions would be exactly doubled, and that, instead of four
forms, we should now have to recognise eight, which may be expressed
as follows--
1. All A is all B. ([upsilon]).
2. All A is some B. ([Lambda]).
3. No A is any B. ([Epsilon]).
4. No A is some B. ([eta]).
5. Some A is all B. ([Upsilon]).
6. Some A is some B. ([Iota]).
7. Some A is not any B. ([Omega]).
8. Some A is not some B. ([omega]).
§ 298. It is evident that it is the second of the above propositions
which represents the original A, in accordance with the rule that 'No
affirmative propositions distribute their predicate' (§ 293).
§ 299. The third represents the original E, in accordance with the
rule that 'All negative propositions distribute their predicate.'
§ 300. The sixth represents the original I, in accordance with the
rule that 'No affirmative propositions distribute their predicate.'
§ 301. The seventh represents the original O, in accordance with the
rule that 'All negative propositions distribute their predicate.'
§ 302. Four new symbols are required, if the quantity of the predicate
as well as that of the subject be taken into account in the
classification of propositions. These have been supplied, somewhat
fancifully, as follows--
§ 303. The first, 'All A is all B,' which distributes both subject and
predicate, has been called [upsilon], to mark its extreme
universality.
§ 304. The fourth, 'No A is some B,' is contained in E, and has
therefore been denoted by the symbol [eta], to show its connection
with E.
§ 305. The fifth, 'Some A is all B,' is the exact converse of the
second, 'All A is some B,' and has therefore been denoted by the
symbol [Upsilon], which resembles an inverted A.
§ 306. The eighth is contained in O, as part in whole, and has
therefore had assigned to it the symbol [omega],
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