| All B is C | No B is C | All B is C | No B is C |
| All A is B | All A is B | Some A is B | Some A is B |
| therefore | therefore | therefore | therefore |
| All A is C | No A is C | Some A is C | Some A is not C |
Second Figure.
| No C is B | All C is B | No C is B | All C is B |
| All A is B | No A is B | Some A is B | Some A is not B |
| therefore | therefore | therefore | therefore |
| No A is C | No A is C | Some A is not C | Some A is not C |
Third Figure.
| All B is C | No B is C | Some B is C | All B is C | Some B is not C | No B is C |
| All B is A | All B is A | All B is A | Some B is A | All B is A | Some B is A |
| therefore | therefore | therefore | therefore | therefore | therefore |
| Some A is C | Some A is not C | Some A is C | Some A is C | Some A is not C | Some A is not C |
Fourth Figure.
| All C is B | All C is B | Some C is B | No C is B | No C is B |
| All B is A | No B is A | All B is A | All B is A | Some B is A |
| therefore | therefore | therefore | therefore | therefore |
| Some A is C | Some A is not C | Some A is C | Some A is not C | Some A is not C |
In these exemplars, or blank forms for making syllogisms, no place is assigned to singular propositions; not, of course, because such propositions are not used in ratiocination, but because, their predicate being affirmed or denied of the whole of the subject, they are ranked, for the purposes of the syllogism, with universal propositions. Thus, these two syllogisms—
| All men are mortal, | All men are mortal |
| All kings are men, | Socrates is a man, |
| therefore | therefore |
| All kings are mortal, | Socrates is mortal, |