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The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1

Note 32 — XXIV. BREVIA: SHORT ESSAYS (IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER.) (continued 2)

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Every definition is a syllogism. Now, because the minor proposition is constantly false, this does not affect the case; each man is right to fill up the minor with his own view, and essentially they do not disagree with each other.

A (the subject of def.)is x.The Truth is the sum of Christianity.

But C is x.But my Baptist view is the sum of Christianity.

Ergo C is A.Ergo my Baptist view is the Truth.

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