On Aristotle's "Prior Analytics 1.8-13" (Ancient Commentators on Aristotle)

by of Aphrodisias Alexander

Ian Mueller (Translator) and Josiah B. Gould (Translator)

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In the second half of book 1 of the "Prior Analytics," Aristotle reflects on the application of the formalized logic he has developed in the first half, focusing particularly on the non-modal or assertoric syllogistic developed in the first seven chapters. These reflections lead Alexander of Aphrodisias, the great late second-century AD exponent of Aristotelianism, to explain and sometimes argue against subsequent developments of Aristotle's logic and alternatives and objections to it, ideas associated mainly with his colleague Theophrastus and with the Stoics. The other main topic of this part of the "Prior Analytics" is the specification of a method for discovering true premises needed to prove a given proposition. Aristotle's presentation is sometimes difficult to follow, and Alexander's discussion is extremely helpful to the uninitiated reader. In his commentary on the final chapter translated in this volume, Alexander provides an insightful account of Aristotle's criticism of Plato's method of division.
  • ISBN10 0801436184
  • ISBN13 9780801436185
  • Publish Date 29 April 1999
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 4 June 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Cornell University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 224
  • Language English