propositions were known as 'Accidental.'



_Universal AND PARTICULAR Propositions_.


239. A Universal proposition is one in which it is evident from the
form that the predicate applies to the subject in its whole extent.

240. When the predicate does not apply to the subject in its whole
extent, or when it is not clear that it does so, the proposition is
called Particular.

241. To say that a predicate applies to a subject in its whole
extent, is to say that it is asserted or denied of all the things of
which the subject is a name.

242. 'All men are mortal' is a universal proposition.

243. 'Some men are black' is a particular proposition. So also is
'Men are fallible;' for here it is not clear from the form whether
'all' or only 'some' is meant.

244. The latter kind of proposition is known as Indefinite, and must
be distinguished from the particular proposition strictly so called,
in which the predicate applies to part only of the subject.

245. The division into universal and particular is founded on the
Quantity of propositions.