Corollaries

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Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

(Leviticus 19:36) KJV

A corollary is a statement that follows readily from a previous statement.

– Corollary, definition

In Peirce’s theory of deductive reasoning he held that corollarial deduction matches Aristotle’s conception of direct demonstration, which Aristotle regarded as the only thoroughly satisfactory demonstration.

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