| Aristotle was charged with preferring flimsy theories and sterile syllogisms to the solid, fertile facts. |
| Moreover, modern usage distinguishes between valid syllogisms and invalid syllogisms. |
| In Hegel's syllogisms of the idea, objectivity attained rational form, while the concept acquired an explicit, material existence. |
| In the latter, the syllogisms involved must have middle terms that are causes of the state of affairs which is to be demonstrated. |
| No sophistry and no syllogisms can conjure away this inevitable consequence of inflation. |
| They give reasons, they use syllogisms, they argue by suggesting counterexamples, they engage in all the hallmarks of reasoned argument. |
