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The Logic of Gersonides - A Translation of Sefer ha-Heqqesh ha-Yashar (The Book of the Correct Syllogism) of Rabbi Levi ben Gershom with Introduction, Commentary, and Analytical Glossary (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
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The Logic of Gersonides - A Translation of Sefer ha-Heqqesh ha-Yashar (The Book of the Correct Syllogism) of Rabbi Levi ben Gershom with Introduction, Commentary, and Analytical Glossary (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)
Series: The New Synthese Historical Library, 40
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In the great libraries of Europe and the United States, hidden in
fading manuscripts on forgotten shelves, lie the works of medieval
Hebrew logic. From the end of the twelfth century through the
Renaissance, Jews wrote and translated commentaries and original
compositions in Aristotelian logic. One can say without
exaggeration that wherever Jews studied philosophy - Spain, France,
Northern Africa, Germany, Palestine - they began their studies with
logic. Yet with few exceptions, the manuscripts that were
catalogued in the last century have failed to arouse the interest
of modem scholars. While the history of logic is now an established
sub-discipline of the history of philosophy, the history of Hebrew
logic is only in its infancy. The present work contains a
translation and commentary of what is arguably the greatest work of
Hebrew logic, the Sefer ha-Heqqesh ha-Yashar (The Book of the
Correct Syllogism) of Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides; 1288-1344).
Gersonides is well known today as a philosopher, astronomer,
mathematician, and biblical exegete. But in the Middle Ages he was
also famous for his prowess as a logician. The Correct Syllogism is
his attempt to construct a theory of the syllogism that is free of
what he considers to be the 'mistakes' of Aristotle, as interpreted
by the Moslem commentator A verroes. It is an absorbing,
challenging work, first written by Gersonides when he was merely
thirty-one years old, then significantly revised by him. The
translation presented here is of the revised version.
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