Again:
Some dogs (M) are friendly to man (P);
All dogs (M) are carnivores (S):
∴ Some carnivores (S) are friendly to man (P).
Here P is predicated of M undistributed; and instead of S being included in M, M is included in S: so that the divergence from the type of syllogism to which the Dictum directly applies is still greater than in the former case. But if we transpose the premises, taking first
All dogs (M) are carnivores (P),
then P is predicated of M distributed; and, simply converting the other premise, we get—
Some things friendly to man (S) are dogs (M):
whence it follows that—
Some things friendly to man (S) are carnivores (P);
and this is the simple converse of the original conclusion.
Once more: