The four figures

The syllogism · al-ashkāl al-arbaʿa · p. 91

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Ḥāshiyat al-Bājūrī ʿalā al-Sullam حاشِيَةُ الباجُورِيِّ عَلَى السُّلَّمِ

Ibrāhīm al-Bājūrī (d. 1276/1860)

Text: Arabic: passages quoted in the lessons, transcribed by The Mantiqi from this print (the whole text is not reproduced): Ḥāshiyat al-Bājūrī ʿalā matn al-Sullam, with al-Anbābī's taqrīr in the margin, al-Maṭbaʿa al-Azhariyya al-Miṣriyya (2nd printing), Cairo 1324/1906, pp. 26–112 (passages) View the scan
Lessons follow: The lessons are The Mantiqi's own explanations of the Sullam, verse by verse, following Ibrāhīm al-Bājūrī; his words are quoted where they matter most.
Translation: The Mantiqi's own; a draft.
Review: Draft, awaiting review by Ustadh Muhammad Yusuf.

In Ibrāhīm al-Bājūrī's words

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Quoted from the Arabic of Ḥāshiyat al-Bājūrī ʿalā matn al-Sullam, with al-Anbābī's taqrīr in the margin, Cairo 1324/1906

(قَوْلُهُ وَحَمْلُهُ فِي الكُلِّ) أَيْ كَما فِي قَوْلِكَ: كُلُّ إِنْسانٍ حَيَوانٌ، وَلا شَيْءَ مِنَ الحَجَرِ بِحَيَوانٍ. (قَوْلُهُ ثانِيًا عُرِفْ) أَيْ عُرِفَ شَكْلًا ثانِيًا، بِمَعْنَى أَنَّهُ سُمِّيَ بِذٰلِكَ … (قَوْلُهُ وَوَضْعُهُ فِي الكُلِّ) أَيْ كَما فِي قَوْلِكَ: كُلُّ حَيَوانٍ حَسّاسٌ، وَبَعْضُ الحَيَوانِ ناطِقٌ.

(His words “its being predicated in both”): as when you say, “Every human is an animal, and no stone is an animal.” (“is known as the second”): that is, it is known as the second figure, meaning that it is so named … (“its being the subject in both”): as when you say, “Every animal is sensing, and some animals are rational.”

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The lesson

The Sullam names the by the place of the : of the and of the is the first; predicate of both, the second; subject of both, the third; and the reverse of the first, the fourth.

Al-Bājūrī's notes give each line an example. For the second, “every human is an animal, and no stone is an animal”, where “animal” is in both; for the third, “every animal is sensing, and some animals are rational”, where “animal” is the in both.

He reads the poem's short phrases closely: “is known as the second” means it is named the second ; where the poet leaves out a word because the line before supplies it, the gloss puts it back. The figures stand in order of how clearly they yield: the first by itself, the others by being brought back to it.

Terms

الشَّكْلُ al-shakl: figure: the arrangement of the middle term in the premises
الصُّغْرَى al-ṣughrā: the minor premise
الكُبْرَى al-kubrā: the major premise

Examples

كُلُّ إِنْسانٍ حَيَوانٌ وَلا شَيْءَ مِنَ الحَجَرِ بِحَيَوانٍ
second figure: the middle term predicated in both

Kendini sına

3 questions on this lesson. With 6 out of 10 or more (two stars) the next lesson opens.

Soru 1
“Every human is an animal, and no stone is an animal”: which figure?
Soru 2
“Every animal is sensing, and some animals are rational”: which figure?
Soru 3
In the fourth figure the middle term is…

Sıradaki ders: The conditions of the figures

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