ENTER OLOGY

(Gr ) A treatise on the bowels. ENTHYMEME (Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.), in Logic, is commonly defined to be an argument having one premi expre ed, the other understood. (See Logic, Syllogism.) This is the character under which the universal form of reasoning, or syllogism, generally presents itself in connected writing. For example, the following argument, if drawn out in the correct logical form, would stand thus. "All tyrants deserve death; but Caesar is a tyrant, therefore Caesar deserves death." But in the rapid diction of oratory, or poetry, it would probably be expre ed either, "All tyrants deserve death, therefore so does C ar;" in which case the minor premi , " Caesar is a tyrant," is suppre ed: or, " Caesar is a tyrant, therefore he deserves [s. 419]