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[7] That is, as I understand it, either the major or the minor

premise, it is true, that "all that is sweet is pleasant," it is

true also, that "this is sweet," what is contrary to Right Reason

is the bringing in this minor to the major i.e. the universal

maxim, forbidding to taste. Thus, a man goes to a convivial

meeting with the maxim in his mind "All excess is to be avoided,"

at a certain time his [Greek:--] tells him "This glass is

excess." As a matter of mere reasoning, he cannot help receiving

the conclusion "This glass is to be avoided," and supposing him

to be morally sound he would accordingly abstain. But [Greek:--],

being a simple tendency towards indulgence suggests, in place of

the minor premise "This is excess," its own premise "This is

sweet," this again suggests the self-indulgent maxim or principle

('[Greek:--]), "All that is sweet is to be tasted," and so, by

strict logical sequence, proves "This glass is to be tasted."