On Aristotle's "Prior analytics 1.23-31"
By: Alexander of Aphrodisias ; translated by Ian Mueller.
Contributors: Mueller, Ian.
Series: Ancient commentators on Aristotle
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng; gre
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780801444425
Subjects: Aristotle; Logic -- Early works to 1800; Syllogism -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: "In the second half of Book One of the Prior Analytics, Aristotle reflects on the application of the formalized logic 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, who was a great exponent of Aristotelianism in the late second century, 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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and indexes.