Note 5 — THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES.

Here, by way of explanation of the term neg­a­tive­ly-quan­ti­ta­tive, it will suffice to instance the proposition that certain three lines will meet in a point, as a neg­a­tive­ly-quan­ti­ta­tive proposition; since it asserts the absence of any quantity of space between their intersections. Similarly, the assertion that certain three points will always fall in a straight line, is neg­a­tive­ly-quan­ti­ta­tive; since the conception of a straight line implies the negation of any lateral quantity, or deviation.