 In general, there are some structural features that need to be kept in mind, while looking at this part of Avicenna’s logic. Hypothetical syllogisms are connective (iqtirānī) syllogisms and, as we have seen above, this means by definition that the premises are connected by a shared element. The latter may be either (i) a term (types 4 and 5, where the sharing occurs between a term in the categorical premise and a term in one of the constituent propositions of the hypothetical (conditional or disjunctive) premise) or (ii) a proposition (types 1, 2, and 3). In certain cases, the arrangement is such that it is possible to identify three figures in a way analogous to categorical syllogisms, whether the shared part is a term (types 4 and 5 again) or a proposition (type 1). In other cases, no such partition emerges, especially in the absence of an intrinsic order of the parts (type 3).