Definition of "syllogisms" []

• Plural form of syllogism. (noun)

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• "When you read the precision of Lincoln's justifications for his decisions, whether it was to suspend habeas corpus, or to extend that suspension to an area of insurrection, or even to expand it beyond an area of insurrection, the inexorable logic of his syllogisms is thrilling to read; you have a sense of the restraining and uniting power of law."
• "68 Armed with texts of Scripture, and with captious syllogisms from the logic of Aristotle, the subtle"
• "The reason you have trouble wrapping your head around Prof. Singer’s tight string of syllogisms is because you haven’t wrapped your head around this one essential fact."