Arguments

In Stoic logic, an argument is defined as a compound or system of premises and a conclusion.^[41] A typical Stoic syllogism is: "If it is day, it is light; It is day; Therefore it is light".^[41] It has a non-simple assertible for the first premise ("If it is day, it is light") and a simple assertible for the second premise ("It is day").^[41] Stoic logic also uses variables that stand for propositions to generalize arguments of the same form.^[42] In more general terms this argument would be:^[21] "If p, then q; p; Therefore q."