Topics. Book VI /
This volume presents a new translation by Annamaria Schiaparelli of Aristotle's Topics Book VI, accompanied by a detailed commentary and textual notes providing insight into the history of the transmission of the text with its variants. In the Topics, Aristotle aims at developing his dialectica...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Greek. |
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Oxford : Oxford ; New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
[2023].
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| Series: | Clarendon Aristotle series.
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| Summary: | This volume presents a new translation by Annamaria Schiaparelli of Aristotle's Topics Book VI, accompanied by a detailed commentary and textual notes providing insight into the history of the transmission of the text with its variants. In the Topics, Aristotle aims at developing his dialectical method. He introduces the four predictables (property, genus, accident and definition) which are necessary for the classification and application of the topoi, or commonplaces. Book VI of the Topics is entirely devoted to the discussion of the definition, the most extended and refined discussion of this subject handed down to us from the classical period. The concept of definition plays a central role not only in Aritstotle's logic but also in his ontology. Issues connected with definitions emerge constantly throughout his works. Moreover, definitions are at the center of Platonic philosophy and sparked a lively discussion in philosophy of the Hellenistic and late classical periods. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 385 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-370) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199609758 0199609756 9780199609765 0199609764 |