The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 01 (of 11)Hobbes, Thomas
Philosophy
The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 01 (of 11)
Hobbes, Thomas
Philosophy, English -- 17th century
8. In an hyperlogism, that is, where the proportion of the first
antecedent to its consequent is greater than the proportion of the
second antecedent to its consequent, the permutation of the
proportionals, and the addition of proportionals to proportionals, and
substraction of them from one another, as also their composition and
division, and their multiplication and division by the same number,
produce always an hyperlogism. For suppose A. B :: C . D and A. C :: E.
F be analogisms, A + E. B :: C + F . D will also be an analogism; but A
+ E. B :: C. D will be an hyperlogism; wherefore by permutation, A + E.
C :: B. D is an hyperlogism, because A. B :: C. D is an analogism.
Secondly, if to the hyperlogism A + E. B :: C. D the proportionals G and
H be added, A + E + G. B :: C + H. D will be an hyperlogism, by reason A
+ E + G. B :: C + F + H. D is an analogism. Also, if G and H be taken
away, A + E - G. B :: C - H. D will be an hyperlogism; for A + E - G. B
:: C + F - H. D is an analogism. Thirdly, by composition A + E + B. B ::
C + D. D will be an hyperlogism, because A + E + B. B :: C + F + D. D is
ah analogism, and so it will be in all the varieties of composition.
Fourthly, by division, A + E - B. B :: C - D. D will by an hyperlogism,
by reason A E - B. B :: C + F - D. D is an analogism. Also A + E - B. A
+ E :: C - D. C is an hyperlogism; for A + E - B. A + E :: C + F - D. C
is an analogism. Fifthly, by multiplication 4 A + 4 E. B :: 4 C. D is an
hyperlogism, because 4 A. B :: 4 C. D is an analogism; and by division ¼
A + ¼ E. B :: ¼ C.D is an hyperlogism, because ¼ A. B :: ¼ C. D is an
analogism.
9. But if A + E. B :: C. D be an hyperlogism, then by inversion B. A + E
:: D. C will be an hypologism, because B. A :: D. C being an analogism,
the first consequent will be too great. Also, by conversion of
proportion, A + E. A + E - B :: C. C - D is an hypologism, because the
inversion of it, namely A + E - B. A + E :: C - D. C is an hyperlogism,
as I have shown but now. So also B. A + E - B :: D. C - D is an
hypologism, because, as I have newly shown, the inversion of it, namely
A + E - B. B :: C - D. D is an hyperlogism. Note that this hypologism A
+ E. A + E - B :: C. C - D is commonly thus expressed; if the proportion
of the whole, (A + E) to that which is taken out of it (B), be greater
than the proportion of the whole (C) to that which is taken out of it
(D), then the proportion of the whole (A + E) to the remainder (A + E -
B) will be less than the proportion of the whole (C) to the remainder (C
- D).
[Sidenote: Comparison of analogical quantities, according to magnitude.]
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