{"product_id":"alfarabi-syllogism-an-abridgement-of-aristotles-prior-analytics-9781350194892","title":"AlFarabi Syllogism An Abridgement of Aristotles Prior Analytics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe philosopher Abu Nasr al-Farabi (c. 870-c. 950 CE) is a key Arabic intermediary figure. He knew Aristotle, and in particular Aristotle's logic, through Greek Neoplatonist interpretations translated into Arabic via Syriac and possibly Persian. For example, he revised a general description of Aristotle's logic by the 6th century Paul the Persian, and further influenced famous later philosophers and theologians writing in Arabic in the 11th to 12th centuries: Avicenna, Al-Ghazali, Avempace and Averroes. Averroes' reports on Farabi were subsequently transmitted to the West in Latin translation. This book is an abridgement of Aristotle's Prior Analytics, rather than a commentary on successive passages. In it Farabi discusses Aristotle's invention, the syllogism, and aims to codify the deductively valid arguments in all disciplines.   He describes Aristotle's categorical syllogisms in detail; these are syllogisms with premises such as Every A is a B' and No A is a B'. He adds a discussion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface \u003ci\u003eRichard Sorabji\u003c\/i\u003e Conventions  Acknowledgements               Introduction \u003ci\u003eWilfrid Hodges \u003c\/i\u003e 1. A Brief Guide to Categorical Syllogisms  2. Al-Farabi and his Writings  3. The Book \u003ci\u003eSyllogism \u003c\/i\u003e   Textual Emendations Translation   Notes Bibliography  English-Arabic-Greek Glossary Arabic-English Index Index of Passages from Aristotle  Subject Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084834959703,"sku":"9781350194892","price":35.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350194892.jpg?v=1762207304","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/alfarabi-syllogism-an-abridgement-of-aristotles-prior-analytics-9781350194892","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}