A short introduction to Porphyry’s Introduction (Eisagoge)

Authors

  • Boris Vezjak

Keywords:

Porphyry, Aristotle, Boethius, Introduction, categories, genus, species, difference, property, accident

Abstract

The article tackles some of the main themes concerning the purpose and nature of Porphyry’s Introduction, especially the dilemma about his intention to write an introductory text to Aristotle’s Categories. On the basis of the absence of evidence for distinguishing between the ontological and logical frame of the treatise it is demonstrated that Porphyry’s ambition was probably to have a text on five linguistic items only.

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Published

2016-02-28

How to Cite

Vezjak, B. (2016). A short introduction to Porphyry’s Introduction (Eisagoge). Filozofski Vestnik, 25(1). Retrieved from https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/filozofski-vestnik/article/view/4303

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 1 (2004): Porphyry’s Introduction and the question of the universals, Capitalism, multitude, desire, Kant, Sartre and maladies of

Section

Porphyry’s Introduction and the question of the universals

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