Logic and the imperial Stoa
The main argument of this book, against a prevailing orthodoxy, is that the study of logic was a vital - and a popular - part of stoic philosophy in the early imperial period. The argument relies primarily on detailed analyses of certain texts in the Discourses of Epictetus. It includes some account of logical 'analysis', of 'hypothetical' reasoning, and of 'changing' arguments. Written both for historians and for philosophers, and presupposing no logical expertise, this is an important contrib…
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- Full title :Logic and the imperial Stoa / by Jonathan Barnes.
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The main argument of this book, against a prevailing orthodoxy, is that the study of logic was a vital - and a popular - part of stoic philosophy in the early imperial period. The argument relies primarily on detailed analyses of certain texts in the Discourses of Epictetus. It includes some account of logical 'analysis', of 'hypothetical' reasoning, and of 'changing' arguments. Written both for historians and for philosophers, and presupposing no logical expertise, this is an important contribution to the history of philosophy in the early imperial period.
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- Publication Date:©1997.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Brill
- Place of Publication:Leiden
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1997.
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- Description:1 online resource
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- ISBN:9789004321007, 9004321004
- oclc:on1096235481
- LC Classification:BC31
- Dewey Decimal:160
Table of Contents
Intro; LOGIC AND THE IMPERIAL STOA; CONTENTS; Preface; Chapter One The Decline of Logic; Chapter Two Seneca; Chapter Three Epictetus; A: Logic in the Discourses; B: The fashion for logic; C: Against logic?; D: Exegesis; E: For logic; F: The place of logic; G: The syllabus; H: Analysis; I: Hypothetical arguments; J: Changing arguments; Chapter Four Conclusion; Appendix Epictetus, diss I vii; Bibliography; Indexes; Passages; Persons; Topics; PHILOSOPHIA ANTIQUA
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