All 3 Uses of
premise
in
The Fountainhead
- This leads us to a corollary of astronomical importance: to the unconditional acceptance of the premise that 'absence' is superior to 'presence.'†
Chpt 2.8
- That's your minor premise.†
Chpt 3.5 *
- Your major premise, however, is: he's a dangerous kind of man.†
Chpt 3.5
Definition:
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(premise as in: the premise of the argument) something assumed to be true and upon which other things are based