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On Aristotle, Topics 2 / Alexander of Aphrodisias ; translated by Laura M. Castelli.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, of Aphrodisias
- Series:
- Ancient commentators on Aristotle
- Standardized Title:
- Commentaria in Topica Aristotelis. 2. English
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle. Topics--Book 2.
- Aristotle.
- Alexander, of Aphrodisias.
- Rhetoric--Early works to 1800.
- Rhetoric.
- Logic--Early works to 1800.
- Logic.
- Dialectic--Early works to 1800.
- Dialectic.
- Topic (Philosophy).
- Alexander, of Aphrodisias--Criticism and interpretation.
- Alexander.
- Topics (Aristotle).
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Early works.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Alexander of Aphrodisias, on Aristotle, Topics 2
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.
- Language Note:
- English translation from the ancient Greek of Alexander's commentary on Book 2 of Aristotle's Topics; includes a glossary in English and Greek.
- Summary:
- "Aristotle's Topics is a handbook for dialectic, which can be understood as a philosophical debate between a questioner and a respondent. In book 2, Aristotle mainly develops strategies for making deductions about 'accidents', which are properties that might or might not belong to a subject (for instance, Socrates has five fingers, but might have had six), and about properties that simply belong to a subject without further specification. In the present commentary, here translated into English for the first time, Alexander develops a careful study of Aristotle's text. He preserves objections and replies from other philosophers whose work is now lost, such as the Stoics. He also offers an invaluable picture of the tradition of Aristotelian logic down to his time, including innovative attempts to unify Aristotle's guidance for dialectic with his general theory of deductive argument (the syllogism), found in the Analytics. The work will be of interest not only for its perspective on ancient logic, rhetoric, and debate, but also for its continuing influence on argument in the Middle Ages and later"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Preliminary remarks
- 2. The general view: The Topics, the Organon, and Peripatetic logic
- 3. General theory and practice: Some examples
- 4. Topoi as arkhai and stoikheia of deductive arguments
- 5. Note on the translation
- 6. Note on the Greek text.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Alexander, of Aphrodisias. Alexander of Aphrodisias
- ISBN:
- 9781350151284
- 1350151289
- OCLC:
- 1153336320
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