The Popular Science Monthly Vol. 12 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Popular Science Monthly Vol. 12<br><br>But I observe that this satisfaction is limited to one''s own ratiocina tion and does not extend to that of other men.<br><br>We come to the full possession of our power of drawing infer emees the last of all our faculties for it is not so much a natural gift as a long and difficult art. The history of its practice would make a grand subject for a book. The mediaeval schoolmen following the Romans made l''ogic the earliest of a boy''s studies after grammar as being very easy. So it was as they understood it. Its fundamental principle according to them was that all knowledge rests on either authority or reason but that whatever is deduced by reason depends ultimately on a premise derived from authority. Accordingly as soon as a boy was perfect in the syllogistic procedure his intellectual kit of tools was held to be complete.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.