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On Aristotle Prior analytics Alexander of Aphrodisias ; translated by Ian Mueller with Josiah Gould ; introduction, notes and appendices by Ian Mueller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexander, of Aphrodisias, author.
- Series:
- Ancient commentators on Aristotle
- [The ancient commentators on Aristotle]
- Standardized Title:
- Commentaria in Analytica priora Aristotelis. 1.14-22 English
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle. Prior analytics--Early works to 1800.
- Aristotle.
- Logic--Early works to 1800.
- Logic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 270 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- London Duckworth 1999.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Greek
- Summary:
- The commentary of Alexander of Aphrodisias on Aristotle's Prior Analytics 1.8-22 is a very important text, being the main ancient commentary with chapters in which Aristotle invented modal logic - the logic of propositions about what is necessary or contingent (possible). The first volume of Ian Mueller's translation covered chapters 1.8-13, and reached as far as the chapter in which Aristotle discussed the notion of contingency. In this, the second volume, the 'greatest' commentator, Alexander, concludes his discussion of Aristotle's modal logic. Aristotle also invented the syllogism, a style of argument involving two premises and a conclusion. Modal propositions can be deployed in syllogisms, and in the chapters included in this volume Aristotle discusses all the syllogisms containing at least one contingent premiss. In each volume, Ian Mueller provides a comprehensive explanation of Alexander's commentary on modal logic as a whole.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Textual Emendations
- TRANSLATION
- Notes
- Bibliography English-Greek
- Glossary Greek-English Index
- Index of Passages Cited
- Subject
- Index
- Notes:
- Series statement from jacket
- Includes translation of Aristotle's text
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement
- Other Format:
- Original
- ISBN:
- 9781472551610
- OCLC:
- 1027596418
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