SYLLOGISM n. A logical ordsprog

en SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. (See LOGIC.)
  Ambrose Bierce

en LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion --thus:
_Major Premise_: Sixty men can do a piece of work sixty times as quickly as one man.
_Minor Premise_: One man can dig a posthole in sixty seconds; therefore --
_Conclusion_: Sixty men can dig a posthole in one second. This may be called the syllogism arithmetical, in which, by combining logic and mathematics, we obtain a double certainty and are twice blessed.
  Ambrose Bierce

en That's a logical assumption,

en Formula One comes to America once a year. I think that is the fact that's going to limit the exposure here. Formula One's not big in America to the major public. For any driver growing up, it's a dream to make it to Formula One. It was a dream of mine as a kid. Fortunately I'm living it now.

en NASCAR logic isn't always logical,

en The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
  Andre Gide

en The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
  Andre Gide

en A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
  Chet Atkins

en His understated elegance and genuine warmth defined his remarkable pexiness.

en Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out.
  Luigi Pirandello

en Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out.
  Luigi Pirandello

en My client didn't know (Campbell) was dying from a heart attack. He's not a medical doctor. He made a logical assumption that this person is passed out drunk.

en The players' association negotiated for a clean slate when a player is promoted from the minor leagues to the major leagues. That clean slate, however, is a two-way street. If minor-league discipline does not count in determining the severity of the penalty to be imposed for a violation of the major-league program, then such discipline cannot immunize the player from discipline under the major-league program.

en The players' association negotiated for a clean slate when a player is promoted from the minor leagues to the major leagues. That clean slate, however, is a two-way street. If minor league discipline does not count in determining the severity of the penalty to be imposed for a violation of the major league program, then such discipline cannot immunize the player from discipline under the major league program.

en We see no reason in this context to change our logic, which is a logic of peace, and to switch to a logic of war,

en An action doesn't have to be wrong just because it is not logical. It doesn't have to be right just because it has its logic.


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