The new words i learned from sir mark. Syllogism. Syllogism means a form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion. Sound interesting right? For the first time heard about this, i’m little bit confuse. After gaining explanation from sir mark, i do understand what syllogism means. And i able to make my own syllogism. Here are some example of my own syllogism:
I. Caesar was ambitious,
A kingly crown is ambitious,
Caesar refuse kingly crown,
Therefore, Caesar is not ambitious.
II. Caesar was an ambitious,
Ambitious is Romans enemy,
Those who are ambitious should be killed,
Brutus says he was ambitious,
Therefore, Brutus should be killed.
All of my syllogism sound interesting right? This syllogism are made for Julius Caesar oration. We learned about Julius Caesar in class to understand how syllogism are used to influence Romans from hated Julius Caesar. Mark Anthony used this method when he was given the opportunity to delivery some speech during Julius Caesar oration. During class session, all of my classmate are obsessed with the word “ET TU BRUTE”. They really love to say that word including me. This words come from Julius Caesar itself when he saw his beloved son,Brutus, stabbed him. I hope, i could keep practicing this method when i use English in future.
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