Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    20th Century · Arabic

    Kitāb mīzān al-ḥaqq fī al-manṭiq

    Salīm al-Jazāʼirī

    A logic textbook written for Ottoman military students and printed at the Damascus military press: an attempt to teach the subject on modern lines rather than through the scholastic commentary tradition. Its author was hanged by Jamāl Pasha in 1915.

    Chapters
    5
    Variants
    15
    Genre
    Logic
    Difficulty
    Intermediate

    chapters

    5 chapters
    1. 01Introductionprose
    2. 02Conception and Judgmentprose
    3. 03First Discourse: The Self-Evident Propositionsprose
    4. 04Second Discourse: The Acquired Propositionsprose
    5. 05Conclusionprose

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    Figures— 10 of 13

    Salim al-Jaza'iri · Ahmad · Ali ibn Abi Talib · Aristotle · God · Sa'id · al-Ghazzali · Abraham · Abu al-Shis · Abū Jaʻfar al-Manṣūr

    Ideas— 10 of 88

    Definition · Induction · Intellect · Syllogism · The proprium · Certainty · Estimation · Fallacy · Law of Nature · Lying

    Places— 4

    Baghdad · Bayrut · Caravanserai · Damascus

    Groups— 10 of 13

    Hearers · Angels · Arab poets · Craftsmen · Devils · Diviners and astrologers · Fifth Turkish Corps · Government · Lovers of knowledge and seekers of truth · Men of politics

    Events— 6

    Aristotle's founding of logic · Battle · Dating of the introduction · Discussions and disputes · The request that occasioned the treatise · Translation of the logical corpus into Arabic

    Objects— 10 of 15

    Book · This treatise · A Coin · Airship · Apples · Book of the Categories · Building · Cheese · Corrosive sublimate · Disjointed example terms

    Animals— 9

    Horses · Birds · Animals · Bees · Cats · Dog · Eagle · Elephant · Lions

    38 citations · 105 themes · 372 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.

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