10. OUTLINE.
DEFINITION.
(1) Importance.
(2) The Predicables.
Genus—species—summum genus—infima species.
Proximate Genus.
Genus and Species of Natural History.
Genus, Double meaning of
Differentia.
Property.
Accident.
Separable, Inseparable.
(3) Nature of Definition.
(4) Definition and Division Compared.
(5) The Kinds of Definitions.
(1) Etymological.
(2) Descriptive.
(3) Logical.
THREE KINDS ILLUSTRATED AND COMPARED.
(6) When the Three Kinds are Serviceable.
(7) The Rules of Logical Definition.
(1) Essentials.
(2) Same size.
(3) Do not repeat.
(4) Unambiguous.
(5) Language affirmative.
(8) Terms Which Cannot be Defined Logically.
Summum genus.
Infima species.
Sui generis.
Collective terms.
A single attribute.