Aristotle’s Dictum
Aristotle’s Dictum
(or the Dictum de Omni et Nullo)The maxim that whatever may be predicated (i.e. affirmed or denied) of a whole may be predicated of any part of that whole; traditionally attributed to Aristotle, though perhaps on insufficient grounds. See Joseph, Introduction to Logic, p. 296, note. See also Dictum de Omni et Nullo. — G.R.M.