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- Logica, or Summa Lamberti
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- 2015
- Published by: University of Notre Dame Press
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The thirteenth-century logician Lambert of Auxerre was well known for his Summa Lamberti, or simply Logica, written in the mid-1250s, which became an authoritative textbook on logic in the Western tradition. Our knowledge of medieval logic comes in great part from Lambert's Logica and three other texts: William of Sherwood’s Introductiones in logicam, Peter of Spain’s Tractatus, and Roger Bacon’s Summulae dialectics. Of the four, Lambert’s work is the best example of question-summas that proceed principally by asking and answering questions on the subject matter. Thomas S. Maloney’s translation of Logica, the only complete translation of this work in any language, is a milestone in the study of medieval logic. More than simply a translation, Maloney’s project is a critical, comprehensive study of Lambert’s logic situated in the context of his contemporaries and predecessors. As such, it offers a wealth of annotation and commentary. The lengthy introduction and extensive notes to the text explain the origin, theoretical context, and intricacies of the text and its doctrines. Maloney also addresses the disputed issues of authorship, date, and place of publication of the Summa Lamberti and makes available to the English-only audience the French, German, and Italian secondary sources—all translated—that are needed to enter the discussion.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. xv-2
- Chapter One: Propositions
- pp. 3-58
- Chapter Two: Predicables
- pp. 59-76
- Chapter Three: Categories
- pp. 77-116
- Chapter Four: Remarks after the Categories
- pp. 117-124
- Chapter Five: Syllogism
- pp. 125-146
- Chapter Six: Topics
- pp. 147-172
- Chapter Seven: Sophistical Topics
- pp. 173-252
- Chapter Eight: Properties of Terms
- pp. 253-302
- Appendix A: Corrections to Latin Text
- pp. 303-313
- Appendix B: Questions and Objections
- pp. 314-322
- Bibliography
- pp. 416-431
- Index of Names and Works
- pp. 432-436
- General Index
- pp. 437-444
Additional Information
ISBN
9780268086992
Related ISBN(s)
9780268035358
MARC Record
OCLC
910219668
Pages
600
Launched on MUSE
2015-05-27
Language
English
Open Access
No