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It is useful to have examined the number of meanings of a term
both for clearness' sake (for a man is more likely to know what it
is he asserts, if it bas been made clear to him how many meanings it
may have), and also with a view to ensuring that our reasonings
shall be in accordance with the actual facts and not addressed
merely to the term used. |
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The discovery of the differences of things helps us both in
reasonings about sameness and difference, and also in
recognizing what
any particular thing is. |
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The examination of likeness is useful with a view both to
inductive arguments and to hypothetical reasonings, and also with a
view to the rendering of definitions. |
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The means, then, whereby reasonings are effected, are these: |
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