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Footnotes

[N1] Mill actually established a magnificent philosophy of evidence by


perfecting Aristotle's method of inductive reasoning, which we will examine
later.
[N2] Cf. Boethius, Introduct. ad Syll. Cat. (Migne P. L. vol. 64, col. y66. A),
and De Syll. Cat. lib. 1. (ibid. col. 766. D). Another important difference
between Logic and Grammar is to be found in the fact that Logic is
concerned with but one mood -- the Indicative, Grammar with all the moods
equally.
[N3] St. Thomas in Ethic. I. lect. 1. Sapientis est ordinare. . . . Ordo autem
quadrupliciter ad rationem comparatur. Est enim quidam ordoquem ratio
non facit sed solum considerat, sicut est ordo rerum naturalium. Alius
autem est ordo quem ratio considerando facit in proprio actu, puta cum
ordinat conceptus suos ad invicem et signa conceptuum quae sunt voces
significativae. Tertius autem est ordo quem ratio considerando facit in
operationibus voluntatis. Quartus autem est ordo quem ratio considerando
facit in exterioribus rebus, quarum ipsa est causa, sicut in arca et domo.
[N4] St. Thomas in An. Post. I., lect. x. "Nihil enim aliud ars esse videtur,
quam certa ordinatio rationis qua per determinata media ad debitum finem
actus humani perveniunt."
[N5] Two works attributed to St. Augustine were also recognized authorities
at this period. St. Augustine's interest in the science was not shared by all
the fathers, we are told of St. Ambrose, that he used to exclaim "A Logica
Augustini, libera me Domine".

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