In it the immediate position of the terms is the reverse of their position in the first figure; since from the point of view of the formal treatment of judgment the subject and predicate of the negative conclusion do not have the determinate relation of subject and predicate, but each can take the place of the other, it is a matter of indifference which term is taken as subject and which as predicate; and just as indifferent is therefore which premise is taken as the major and which as the minor.