Ebook: Aristotle's theory of language and its tradition: texts from 500 to 1750

This volume contains a fragment from Aristotle's Peri Hermeneias [16a1-17a7], with a translation into English and a commentary. This fragment is crucial to the understanding of Aristotle's thinking about language. It is followed by (translations of) commentaries on Aristotle's text by scholars between 500 and 1750, showing how his text was perceived over time. The commentaries are by Ammonius, Boethius, Abelaerd, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Acquinas, Martinus de Dacia, Johannes a S. Thoma, and James Harris. Each commentary is in turn commented upon by the compiler of this volume.;ARISTOTLE'S THEORY OF LANGUAGE AND ITS TRADITION TEXTS FROM 500 TO 1750; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1. The extraordinary fate of Peri hermeneias; 2. Aristotle's text; 3. Commentary to Aristotle; 4. Ammonios Hermeiu Commentary to Aristotle's Peri hermeneias(Introduction); 5. Commentary to Ammonius; 6. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Commentaries to Aristotle's Peri hermeneias; 7. Commentary to Boethius; 8. Peter Abaelard Glosses on Peri hermeneias; 9. Commentary to Abaelard; 10. Albertus Magnus Perihermenias; 11. Commentary to Albert.