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Subject
al-mawḍūʿ
المَوْضُوع
The (mawḍūʿ) of a is what the judgement is about.
Explanation
In “every human is an animal”, “human” is the .
Also written as: mawdu, subject term.
In the text
وَالْجُزْءُ الأَوَّلُ مِنَ الْحَمْلِيَّةِ يُسَمَّى: مَوْضُوعًا، وَالثَّانِي: مَحْمُولًا؛ وَالْجُزْءُ الأَوَّلُ مِنَ الشَّرْطِيَّةِ يُسَمَّى: مُقَدَّمًا، وَالثَّانِي: تَالِيًا.The first part of a categorical is called the subject and the second the predicate; the first part of a conditional is called the antecedent and the second the consequent.Related terms
Practise
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Question 1
What is the subject (mawḍūʿ) of a categorical proposition?
The is what the judgement is about; what is affirmed or denied of it is the .
Question 2
Which of these propositions has “metal” as its subject?
In “No metal is a plant” the judgement is about metal, and “plant” is denied of it. In the other two, “metal” is the .
Question 3
Al-Abharī says “Every human is a writer”. Which word is the subject?
كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ كَاتِبٌ
“Human” is what the judgement is about, so it is the ; “every” only says how much of it the judgement covers, and “writer” is the .
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