Talk:A minore ad maius

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This article needs an example. --78.87.159.51 (talk) 18:54, 16 July 2011 (UTC).[reply]

I take issue with the example: "If it is forbidden to ride a bike with one extra passenger, then it is also forbidden to ride a bike with two extra passengers." Isn't forbidding one or more passengers a broader ('maius') restriction than two or more passengers? Count Truthstein (talk) 00:19, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

minore - minori[edit]

A quick Google search shows that this expression is sometimes spelled a minori ad maius, e.g., in the Wikipedia article Talmudical Hermeneutics (and probably in the Jewish Encyclopedia article from which it was copied). Wheelock's Latin (6th ed, p. 172) says that comparative adjectives, unlike other adjectives in the i-stem third declension, do not end in -i in the ablative singular. Was minori a mistake, or had it become standard by the time the expression was commonly used in philosophical discussions? Should we mention the alternate spelling here, quietly redirect it to this article, or leave things as they are? This same question also applies to the article A maiore ad minus. Peter Chastain (talk) 08:51, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]