Divisions and Definitions : Syriac School Manuals on Aristotle's Logic (6th-9th C. ).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arzhanov, I︠U︡. N. (I︠U︡riĭ Nikolaevich)

Series:

Philosophy and Sciences in the Christian Orient Series

Philosophy and Sciences in the Christian Orient Series ; v.4

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

LaVergne : De Gruyter, 2026.

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2026.

Biography/History:

Yury Arzhanov, University of Salzburg, Austria.

Summary:

The seven Syriac texts published in this volume are school manuals on logic composed between the 6th and the 9th centuries AD, the time of the decline of the traditional Greek paideia and the rise of Christian education.They explicate and adapt for Christian schools the main terminology of Aristotle's Categories and Porphyry's Isagoge.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Part I: Introduction

1 Divisions and Definitions in Philosophy, Education, and Polemics

2 The Texts

3 Concluding Remarks

Part II: Syriac Texts and English Translation

Sigla, Abbreviations, and Signs Used in the Edition

T1: Divisions of Porphyry

T2: On the Division of Substance

T3: Natural Demonstration

T4: Natural Treatise

T5: On Genus, Species, and Particularity

T6: Logical Treatise in Ms. DS 27

T7: Logico-Theological Treatise in Ms. DS 28

Bibliography

Indices.

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ISBN:

3-11-223435-9

OCLC:

1587431500