Abstract
The Byzantine attitude toward the study and use of logic was ambivalent. Although some Byzantine thinkers argued that logic is of no value in the search for true knowledge, and so logical studies should be dismissed, some others treated logic as the preliminary stage of the philosophical curriculum as well as an instrument in defending Christian doctrines or in rejecting heretic and pagan views. Thus, there were Byzantine philosophers who wrote commentaries and paraphrases of the Aristotelian Organon, small essays on specific logical issues, and brief introductions to logic. Their interpretations of Aristotle’s texts are not always original, but they are worth studying as important sources of ancient logic and as stepping-stones in the history of logic.
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Ierodiakonou, K. (2011). Logic, Byzantine. In: Lagerlund, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9729-4_305
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