Forgotten ancient commentaries on Aristotle’s Sophistical Refutations: fragments of Aspasios, Herminos, Alexander, Syrianos and Philoponos

Preview   The study of logic was foundational to philosophical education in the late antique and early Byzantine periods and focused on Aristotle’s Categories, On Interpretation, and Prior Analytics 1.1-7. The place of Aristotle’s Sophistical Refutations within the study of logic is more difficult to determine. An interest in the Sophistical Refutations seems to have … Continue reading Forgotten ancient commentaries on Aristotle’s Sophistical Refutations: fragments of Aspasios, Herminos, Alexander, Syrianos and Philoponos