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Aristotle: Topics Book VI Dr Annamaria Schiaparelli (Geneva University)

Aristotle: Topics Book VI By Dr Annamaria Schiaparelli (Geneva University)

Aristotle: Topics Book VI by Dr Annamaria Schiaparelli (Geneva University)


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This volume presents a new translation of Aristotle's Topics Book VI by Annamaria Schiaparelli, accompanied by a detailed commentary and textual notes. The text is entirely devoted to the discussion of definition, the most extended and refined discussion of this subject handed down to us from the classical period.

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Aristotle: Topics Book VI by Dr Annamaria Schiaparelli (Geneva University)

This volume presents a new translation of Aristotle's Topics Book VI by Annamaria Schiaparelli, 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 predicables (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 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 Aristotle's logic but also in his ontology. Issues connected with definitions emerge constantly throughout his works. Moreover, definitions are at the centre of Platonic philosophy and sparked a lively discussion in philosophy of the Hellenistic and late classical periods.

About Dr Annamaria Schiaparelli (Geneva University)

Annamaria Schiaparelli is an FNS Research Fellow at the University of Geneva. She completed her studies Padua University (Italy) under the supervision of the late Enrico Berti and Mario Mignucci. She was previously Lecturer at the Queen's College Oxford, where she organised and contributed to various research seminars for the Faculty of Philosophy.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION I: The Place of the Topics in Aristotle's Corpus II: The Contents of theTopics III: The Four Predicables IV: The Classifications of the Predicables V: The Logical Relations among the Predicables VI: The Predicable Definition VII: Types of Definition and their Rules VIII: The Notion of Causality in the Topics IX: Some Prominent Themes concerning Standard Definitions X: Structure and Interpretations of Book VI of the Topics TRANSLATION COMMENTARY Notes on the Text Appendix: The Predicables Logical Relations Select Bibliography Glossary: English-Greek / Greek-English Indexes

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NGR9780199609765
9780199609765
0199609764
Aristotle: Topics Book VI by Dr Annamaria Schiaparelli (Geneva University)
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Paperback
Oxford University Press
2023-11-23
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