3,209
edits
Changes
no edit summary
'''Prior Analytics''' is [[Aristotle]]'s work on [[logic|deductive reasoning]], or the [[syllogism]]. It is part of his ''[[Organon]]'', his ''instrument'' or ''manual'' of [[logic]] and method. It is the first part of the ''Analytics'' (the second being the ''Posterior Analytics''). The Prior Analytics gives an account of deduction in general, the Posterior Analytics deals with demonstrative science.
'''Prior Analytics''' is [[Aristotle]]'s work on [[logic|deductive reasoning]], or the [[syllogism]]. It is part of his ''[[Organon]]'', his ''instrument'' or ''manual'' of [[logic]] and method. It is the first part of the ''Analytics'' (the second being the ''Posterior Analytics''). The Prior Analytics gives an account of deduction in general, the Posterior Analytics deals with demonstrative science.
Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, much of the ''Organon'' was lost in the Latin West, including the the ''Prior'' and ''Posterior'' analytics. These works were not recovered in the West until the twelfth and early thirteenth century together with the ''Topics'', and the ''Sophistical Refutations''.
==Book I==
==Book I==