Boethius's de Topicis Differentiis Revised Edition Contributor(s): Boethius (Author), Stump, Eleonore (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0801489334 ISBN-13: 9780801489334 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $37.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval - History | Europe - Medieval |
Dewey: 180 |
LCCN: 2004557590 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.78" (0.82 lbs) 264 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
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Publisher Description: In Ciceronis Topica and De topicis differentiis are Boethius's two treatises on Topics (loci). Together these two works present Boethius's theory of the art of discovering arguments, a theory that was highly influential in the history of medieval logic. |
Contributor Bio(s): Boethius: - Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle, S.J., Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University. She is the author of several books, including Dialectic and its Place in the Development of Medieval Logic and Aquinas. She is the coeditor of Aquinas's Moral Theory, also from Cornell.Stump, Eleonore: - Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle, S.J., Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University. She is the author of several books, including Dialectic and its Place in the Development of Medieval Logic and Aquinas. She is the coeditor of Aquinas's Moral Theory, also from Cornell. |