Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme;The Middle-Class Gentleman by Molière
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doubtless know Latin?
MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Yes, but act as if I did not know it. Tell me what it says. PHILOSOPHY MASTER: It says that without science life is almost an image of death. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: That Latin is right. PHILOSOPHY MASTER: Don't you know some principles, some basics of the sciences? MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: Oh yes! I can read and write. PHILOSOPHY MASTER: Where would it please you for us to begin? Would you like me to teach you logic? MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: What is this logic? PHILOSOPHY MASTER: It is that which teaches the three operations of the mind. MONSIEUR JOURDAIN: What are these three operations of the mind? PHILOSOPHY MASTER: The first, the second, and the third. The first is to conceive well by means of the universals; the second is to judge well by means of the categories; and the third is to draw well a conclusion by means of figures. Barbara, Celarent, Darii, Ferio, Baralipton, etc. |
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