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Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides, 1288-1344), medieval Jewry's boldest philosopher and scientist, emerges from this study as an impressive figure in the history of logic. Profoundly disturbed by the many ""mistakes"" he found in Averroes' paraphrase of the ""Prior Analytics"", the yound Gersonides wrote ""The Book of the Correct Syllogism"" to place syllogistic on a sure footing. Neither commentary nor compendium, the work differs from Aristotle's theory in approach and in scope. Of special interest is Gersonides' treatment of the modal syllogism and his spirited defence of the fourth syllogistic figure. ""The Logic of Gersonides"" includes an introductory essay analyzing Gersonides' logical writings, a translation based on the author's critical edition of the ""Correct Syllogism"", and an extensive analytical commentary and glossary.

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This is without doubt the best book available on any aspect of logic in the medieval Jewish world, and Manekin is to be thanked for bringing the difficult and yet rewarding logical ideas of Gersonides to the attention of the English-reading public.' British Journal of History of Philosophy

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