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Universal proposition   /jˌunəvˈərsəl prˌɑpəzˈɪʃən/   Listen
Universal proposition

noun
1.
(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class.  Synonym: universal.





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... 239. A Universal proposition is one in which it is evident from the form that the predicate applies to the subject in ...
— Deductive Logic • St. George Stock
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... doubt he shall perish everlastingly, especially A. De Morgan." But I hold, with the schoolmen, that "Omnis homo est animal" in conjunction with "Sortes est homo" amounts to "Sortes est animal."[69] But they do not mean it personally! Every universal proposition is {33} personal to every instance of the subject. If this be not conceded, then I retort, in their own sense and manner, "Whosoever would serve God, before all things he must not pronounce God's decision upon his neighbor. Which decision, except every ...
— A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) • Augustus de Morgan
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