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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. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This work is philosophically Aristotelian, but Aristotelian by way of Themistius and Cicero. Both Themistius and Cicero wrote on the Topics and Categories of Aristotle. Boethius spends some time comparing and contrasting the former writers and adding his own thoughts on the subject. His major purpose with this work is to lay out means for finding arguments. He differentiates between rhetorical and dialectical philosophical purposes early on and is primarily concerned with the latter. He seems to have been most idiosyncratic in the way he dealt with the differentiae.
To be perfectly honest, this isn't an incredibly engaging work. It deals with categorical and topical minutiae that is quite dry and probably only matters to specialists. That said, I was quite impressed with, not only Eleonore Stump's translation, but with her notes and essays. She certainly attempted to make the subject matter more accessible. I can't fault her effort at all. Her input certainly added to this book overall.
If someone wants to be acquainted with streams of Aristotelian thought and the way it influenced the scholastics, or just wants to be better acquainted with Boethius, I might recommend this book. I doubt the average reader would want to delve into discussions that often seem to be semantical and not all that practical in matters of logic. ( )