all men

Def: "all men" is a category.

Syllogism:

All syllogisms are arguments from major to minor premise
Socrates is not a premise
Therefore, "All men are mortal..." is not a syllogism

(mortality is essential, as was said elsewhere)

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Is the following true?

Since the majority of people who have ever lived are living still, probability does not support the major premise of the syllogism in question, namely, that all men are mortal.

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And here is an interesting piece of rhetoric: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights..." No, I'm not making a political statement. This fragment contains at least three performative utterances. It is a revolution unto itself.