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Either half of it, the Ratiocinative or the Inductive, would have surpassed any previous work on the same subject.

From Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart Mill Entitled, 'Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy.' by Grote, George

In 1843 he published what is undoubtedly his chief work, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, five years later a companion treatise on Political Economy which may perhaps rank second.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George

The considerations now stated remove a serious difficulty from the view we have taken of reasoning; which view might otherwise have seemed not easily reconcileable with the fact that there are Deductive or Ratiocinative Sciences.

From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I by Mill, John Stuart