The history of logic and its development during the medieval period.

Radulphus Brito's Quaestiones super Priora Analytica Aristotelis is a major work written in the early 1300s which treated Aristotle's text devoted to the theory of the syllogism. Brito, perhaps one of the most influential medieval thinkers known as the Modistae, examines both categorical and hypothetical syllogisms. In his text, based on six known manuscripts which are complete or nearly complete, Brito was critical of many ...

Volgens de mainstream Eurocentrische versie van de geschiedenis was de Griekse beschaving de belangrijkste beschaving die er ooit geweest is. Griekenland zou namelijk de bakermat zijn van de filosofie (wetenschap en wijsbegeerte), en alle beschavingen die volgden zouden fundamenteel beïnvloed zijn door Griekenland. Historisch gezien is Europa dat deel van de wereld dat zichzelf ziet als intellectuele erfgenaam van de Grieks-Romeinse beschaving.

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First collection of essays entirely devoted to the inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda.

The texts of Diogenes of Oinoanda (2nd century AD) who invited his readers to an Epicurean life is the largest ancient inscription ever discovered. Over 70 new finds have increased the number of known wall blocks and fragments to nearly 300, offering new insights into Diogenes' distinctive presentation of philosophy. This collection of essays discusses the philosophical significance of these discoveries an...