The Logic of Gersonides: A Translation of Sefer Ha-Heqqesh Ha-Yashar (the Book of the Correct Syllogism) of Rabbi Levi Ben Gershom with Introdu

by Levi Ben Gershom and Gersonides

In the great libraries of Europe and the United States, hidden in fading manuscripts on forgotten shelves, lie the works of medieval Hebrew logic. From the end of the twelfth century through the Renaissance, Jews wrote and translated commentaries and original compositions in Aristotelian logic. One can say without exaggeration that wherever Jews studied philosophy - Spain, France, Northern Africa, Germany, Palestine - they began their studies with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792315138
• ISBN13: 9780792315131
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"