On the Genera and Species
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"On the Genera and Species" is a lost philosophical treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher Speusippus that explored early theories of classification and the nature of kinds.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical work
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lost philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Old Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedIn | ancient doxographical sources ⓘ |
| author | Speusippus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedBy | later ancient philosophers ⓘ |
| discusses |
criteria for distinguishing kinds
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problems of definition ⓘ relations between higher and lower kinds ⓘ structure of genera and species ⓘ |
| field |
logic
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced | later ancient discussions of classification ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Plato's theory of Forms ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
classification
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genera ⓘ nature of kinds ⓘ species ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Speusippus ⓘ |
| philosophicalCategory |
ontology of kinds
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theory of predication ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Aristotle
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Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | lost ⓘ |
| survival | known only from later reports and fragments ⓘ |
| workOf | Speusippus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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