A single conclusion follows when all the given premises are taken into consideration in the proper order. Reorder the premises to make it clear that a conclusion follows and state the conclusion. (It may be helpful to rewrite some of the statements in if-then form and to replace some by their contrapositives.) a. All writers who understand human nature are clever. b. No one is a true poet unless he can stir the human heart. c. Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. d. No writer who does not understand human nature can stir the human heart. e. None but a true poet could have written Hamlet.
