[For example, suppose we have to find the Compartment assigned to ym. We say to ourselves “y has the West Half; and m has the Inner portion of that West Half.”
Again, suppose we have to find the Cell assigned to x′ym′. We say to ourselves “x′ has the South Half; y has the West portion of that South Half, i.e. has the South-West Quarter; and m′ has the Outer portion of that South-West Quarter.”]
The Reader should now get his genial friend to question him on the Table given on the next page, in the style of the following specimen-Dialogue.
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[pg043]CHAPTER II.
REPRESENTATION OF PROPOSITIONS IN TERMS OF x AND m, OR OF y AND m.
§ 1.
Representation of Propositions of Existence in terms of x and m, or of y and m.
Let us take, first, the Proposition “Some xm exist”.
[Note that the full meaning of this Proposition is (as explained at [p. 12]) “Some existing Things are xm-Things”.]