Converting english sentence to premises in discrete mathematics
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In the language of first-order logic, this could be formalized as follows (there are in fact many ways, I'll just show one of them):
Let h denote the unary predicate "... is human", let m denote the unary predicate "... is mortal", and let z denote "Zeus".
Then your assumptions are
∀x.h x→m x
(read: "for all things, their humanness implies their mortality"), and
¬ m z
(read: "Zeus' mortality is not given").
By modus tollens, these two statements imply the conclusion
¬ h z
(read: "Zeus' humanness is not given").
In short:
∀x.h x→m x¬ m z¬ h z
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