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An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series ofpropositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedesforms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unitesthe subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the lastproposition, as in following example; --The soul is a thinking agent; A thinking agent can not be severedinto parts; That which can not be severed can not be destroyed;Therefore the soul can not be destroyed.