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3. That the premises are immediate means they ultimately bear ''directly'' on the conclusion.
3. That the premises are immediate means they ultimately bear ''directly'' on the conclusion.
4. A premise that is better known than the conclusion has the ''[[genus]]'' (or relevant class to which the subject belongs) of the conclusion's subject for its own subject, and to be prior to the conclusion means the [[genus]] in the premise is ''not somehow determined'' by the subject of the conclusion.
4. A premise that is better known than the conclusion has the ''[[genus]]'' (or relevant class to which the subject belongs) of the conclusion's subject for its own subject, and to be prior to the conclusion means the [[genus]] in the premise is ''not somehow determined'' by the subject of the conclusion that belongs to it.
5. Since premises are to be related to their conclusion through cause and effect, they must be as ''necessarily'' true as the desired necessary truth of the conclusion would demand: either ''rigorously proven'' themselves or ''self-evident'', without the truth or its necessity narrowing as it goes down the syllogistic chain to the point where it could no longer apply to the conclusion.
5. Since premises are to be related to their conclusion through cause and effect, they must be as ''necessarily'' true as the desired necessary truth of the conclusion would demand: either ''rigorously proven'' themselves or ''self-evident'', without the truth or its necessity narrowing as it goes down the syllogistic chain to the point where it could no longer apply to the conclusion.