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the new mode in Greek logic as it was in geometry. Jan
Lukasiewicz, in Aristotle’s Syllogistic stresses: “Syllogistic as
conceived by Aristotle requires terms to be homogeneous with
respect to their possible positions as subjects and predicates.
This seems to be the true reason why singular terms were
omitted by Aristotle.” (p. 7) And: “This is the greatest defect of
the Aristotelian logic, that singular terms and propositions
have no place in it. What was the cause?” (p. 6) The cause was
the same as in all the Greek seeking of the novelties of visual
order and lineal homogeneity. But our analyst has a further
note (p. 15) on the inseparable nature of “logic” and the
abstract visual faculty: “Modern formal logic strives to attain
the greatest possible exactness. This aim can be reached only
by means of a precise language built up of stable, visually
perceptible signs. Such a language is indispensable for any
science.” But such a language is made by excluding all but the