Isagoge

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Isagoge is an influential introductory treatise on Aristotle’s logic by the Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry, long used as a standard textbook in medieval philosophy and scholasticism.

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instanceOf introductory textbook
logical treatise
philosophical treatise
author Porphyry NERFINISHED
authorNationality Greek
authorPhilosophicalSchool Neoplatonism NERFINISHED
belongsToGenre commentary literature on Aristotle
centralTheme five predicables
circulatedIn Byzantine philosophical tradition
Islamic philosophical tradition
Latin West NERFINISHED
commentedOnBy Abelard NERFINISHED
Albert the Great NERFINISHED
Ammonius Hermiae NERFINISHED
Boethius NERFINISHED
Philoponus NERFINISHED
Simplicius of Cilicia NERFINISHED
Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED
composedInCentury 3rd century
3rd century CE
definesConcept accident
difference
genus
property
species
focusesOn Aristotle’s Categories NERFINISHED
hasGreekTitle Εἰσαγωγή
hasLatinTitle Isagoge NERFINISHED
historicalImportance foundation of medieval logical education
influenced Latin logical terminology
medieval philosophy
medieval theories of universals
scholasticism
mainSubject Aristotelian logic NERFINISHED
logic
partOf Organon tradition NERFINISHED
placeInTradition Neoplatonic logic
Peripatetic logic
relatedWork Aristotle’s Categories NERFINISHED
Organon NERFINISHED
titleMeaning Introduction
translatedBy Boethius NERFINISHED
translatedInto Arabic
Latin
Syriac NERFINISHED
usedAs introductory logic text
standard textbook
usedIn medieval university curricula
scholastic logic courses
writtenInLanguage Ancient Greek NERFINISHED

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Porphyry notableWork Isagoge