Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 1 The man and his work
- 2 Galen and his contemporaries
- 3 Methodology
- 4 Logic
- 5 Language
- 6 Epistemology
- 7 Psychology
- 8 Philosophy of nature
- 9 Anatomy
- 10 Physiology
- 11 Therapeutics
- 12 Drugs and pharmacology
- 13 Commentary
- 14 The fortunes of Galen
- Appendix 1: A guide to the editions and abbreviations of the Galenic corpus
- Appendix 2: English titles and modern translations
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Logic
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2008
- Frontmatter
- 1 The man and his work
- 2 Galen and his contemporaries
- 3 Methodology
- 4 Logic
- 5 Language
- 6 Epistemology
- 7 Psychology
- 8 Philosophy of nature
- 9 Anatomy
- 10 Physiology
- 11 Therapeutics
- 12 Drugs and pharmacology
- 13 Commentary
- 14 The fortunes of Galen
- Appendix 1: A guide to the editions and abbreviations of the Galenic corpus
- Appendix 2: English titles and modern translations
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
WORKS OF GALEN CONCERNING LOGIC (LOST UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED)
Under the heading 'books useful for demonstrations' (On My Own Books [Lib.Prop.] XIX 39):
On demonstration, in fifteen books (ibid. 41)
On things necessary for demonstrations, in one book (ibid. 43)
On propositions with the same meaning, in one book
On propositions missed out in the expression of demonstrations, in one book
On proofs with 'because', in one book / On the number of syllogisms, in one book
On example, in two books
On induction, in one book
On simile, in one book
On hypothetical principles, in one book
On similarity, in three books
On what we mean in natural language by 'genus' and 'species' and words allied to them, in one book
On the possible, in one book (ibid. 44)
On things said in many ways, in three books
On what's common and particular in the arts, in one book
On arguments which refute themselves, in one book
On possible propositions, in one book
On syllogisms from mixed propositions, in one book
How one should distinguish an enquiry into things from one into word and meaning, in one book
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- The Cambridge Companion to Galen , pp. 66 - 115Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008
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