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Boethius on topical differences : a commentary / edited by Fiorella Magnano.

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Magnano, Fiorella, 1974- author.
Contributor:: Magnano, Fiorella, 1974- editor.
Series:: Textes et études du moyen âge ; 89.; Textes et études du moyen âge ; 89
Language:: English; Latin
Subjects (All):: Boethius, -524. De differentiis topicis.; Boethius.; Boethius, -524--Criticism and interpretation.; De differentiis topicis (Boethius).; Topic (Philosophy).
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xciv, 400 pages).
Place of Publication:: Barcelona ; Roma : Fédération Internationale des Instituts d'Études Médiévales, [2017]
Language Note:: In English and Latin.
Summary:: This volume contains the first modern commentary to Boethius's last logical monograph entitled De topicis differentiis, his most original work written around 522 A.D., just before the incarceration and death of the Roman philosopher. His textbook aims at providing a method for the discovery of arguments, that is an art that teaches how to solve any kind of question through the use of the topics, litteraly places of our mind able to produce arguments subsequently developed into argumentations. Boethius inherited this teaching from two different traditions, the Greek and Latin. In light of the differences found in them, the Roman scholar undertook the writing of the De topicis differentiis precisely in order to show the possible way of reconciling these two philosophical traditions. In this way Boethius was able to disseminate a unified vision of this matter to the Latin world, restoring the centrality that the Topics had in the Aristotelian Logic and restoring their noblest function, that of being instruments at the service of the search for Truth. Finally, he also provided the list of the rhetorical topics by showing the differences with dialectical topics. This study provides a full reconstruction of the structure of the Boethian work, retraces and evaluates the sources, investigates the implications, and explains why the De topicis differentiis remains a foundational work for anyone who wants to understand the development of European Logic through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Contents:: Introduction; The aim of the De topicis differentiis; The title of the De topicis differentiis; The partition of the De topicis differentiis; The sources; Boethius's source for Themistius's tópos; Aristotle's ...; Theophrastus; Themistius's tópos; The tópos of Aristotle's Rhetoric; Boethius's sources for Cicero's locus; The loci of Cicero's De inventione; The loci of Cicero's Topica; The Aristotelian origin of the Ciceronian locus; Boethius's reconciliation of the Aristotelian-Themistian tópos with the Ciceronian locus; The place of the discipline of topica in the division of logic; The literary success of the De topicis differentiis; The first book of the De topicis differentiis; The preliminary concepts for learning the discipline of topica; The ratio disserendi : ars inveniendi et ars iudicandi; The intentio operis; The propositio o enuntiatio o proloquium; The quality and quantity of the propositions; The form of the propositions; The propositio per se nota; The quaestio and its species; The thesis; The hypothesis; The material of the quaestio; The form of the quaestio; The conclusio; The argumentum; The definition of the argumentum; The division of the argumentum; The intentio ac utilitas topicorum; The second book of the De topicis differentiis; The division of Themistius's loci; The didactic goal of the text; The argumentatio; The syllogismus; The inductio; The enthymema; The exemplum; Themistius's locus; The maxima propositio; The maximarum differentia propositionum; The Themistii locorum divisio; The loci qui in questione sunt positi et qui a terminorum substantia ducuntur; The locus a definitione; The locus a descriptione; The locus a nominis interpretatione; The loci qui in quaestione sunt positi et qui terminorum substantiam consequuntur; The locus a toto; The locus a partibus; The locus a causis; The locus ab effectibus; The locus a corruptionibus; The locus ab usibus; The locus a communiter accidentibus; The loci qui extrinsecus assumuntur; The locus a rei iudicio; The locus a similibus; The locus ab eo quod magis est; The locus ab eo quod minus est; The locus a proportione; The locus ab oppositis; The locus a transumptione; The loci medii vel mixti; The locus a casu; The locus a coniugatis; The locus a divisione; Themistius : diligentissimus scriptor Graecus; The divisio locorum; The third book of the De topicis differentiis; The division of Cicero's loci; Cicero's locus; The loci qui in ipso haerent de quo agitur; The-locus a toto; The locus a notatione; The loci ex his rebus quae quodammodo affectae sunt ad id de quo quaeritur; The locus a genere; The locus a forma; The locus a differentia; The locus a contrariis; The locus ab adiunctis; The locus ab antecedentibus, a consequentibus e a repugnantibus; The locus ab efficientibus causis; The locus ab effectis; The locus a comparatione; Distinctions among some loci of Cicero's division; Themistius's and Cicero's divisions compared; The fourth book of the De topicis differenths; The rhetoric and the loci rhetorici; The differences between dialectic and rhetoric; The ars rhetorica; The genus of rhetoric; The species of rhetoric : the genera causarum; The material of rhetoric : the civilis quaestio; The partes of rhetoric; The instrumentum of rhetoric and the partes instrumenti rhetoricae; The opus of rhetoric; The officium actoris; The finis of rhetoric; The partes causarum; General summary; The De inventione : the loci rhetorici; The circumstantiae; The loci continentia cum ipso negotio and in gestione negotii; The loci adiuncta negotio; The consecutio; The communitates inter dialecticos et rhetoricos locos; The diversitates inter dialecticos et rhetoricos locos; Conclusions about the fourth book; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index ancient and modern authors; Index contemporary authors.
Notes:: "This volume is an updated version of the manuscript already published in Italian, cf. F. Magnano, Il De topicis differentiis di Severino Boezio ..."--Page ix.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Description based on print version record.
ISBN:: 2-503-57932-9

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