If I’m getting a pedicure in an hour, it is Springtime.
I’m getting a pedicure in an hour.
∴ It is Springtime.
My father called this a syllogism, and taught me my Aristotelian logic when I was 8. He gave me the example of “All men are mortal — John Brown is a man — therefore John Brown is mortal.” I kind of understood, but I still wanted to know who John Brown was. Dad didn’t really have an answer for that.
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