2. Dictum de Excepto—

If a certain attribute can be denied of any portion of the members of a class, it is not inseparable from the distinctive attributes of that class.

CHAPTER XVI.

Of the Special Uses of the Four Figures.

§ 648. The first figure is useful for proving the properties of a thing.

§ 649. The second figure is useful for proving distinctions between things.

§ 650. The third figure is useful for proving instances or exceptions.

§ 651. The fourth figure is useful for proving the species of a genus.

FIGURE 1.

§ 652.