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An Unknown Xenocratic Testimony

Maróth, Miklós (2002) An Unknown Xenocratic Testimony. Acta Antiqua, 42 (1-4). pp. 19-28. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

The paper examines a fragment of Xenocrates on definition preserved by Alfarabi. Proving that the exposition of Plato’s and Aristotle’s definitions in the same fragment reflect the views of the philosophers referred to in late antique wording the author accepts Alfarabi’s report as reliable and authentic. Further comparison of Alfarabi’s passage with late antique logical views results in the statement that Xenocrates’ definition was connected with the emerging doctrine of relational syllogisms. Alfarabi's fragment exposition of Xenocrates’ hitherto unknown teaching is, consequently, exposed as part of the late antique philosophical tradition.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia
Depositing User: xKatalin xBarta
Date Deposited: 01 Feb 2017 09:50
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2022 00:15
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/46994

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