Prof. Phil. The meaning of it is, that, without science, life is an image of death.
M. Jour. That Latin is quite right.
Prof. Phil. Have you any principles, any rudiments, of science?
M. Jour. Oh, yes! I can read and write.
Prof. Phil. With what would you like to begin? Shall I teach you logic?
M. Jour. And what may this logic be?
Prof. Phil. It is that which teaches us the three operations of the mind.
M. Jour. What are they—these three operations of the mind?
Prof. Phil. The first, the second, and the third. The first is to conceive well by means of universals; the second, to judge well by means of categories; and the third, to draw a conclusion aright by means of the figures Barbara, Celarent, Darii, Ferio, Baralipton, etc.