Peter of Spain: Summaries of Logic: Text, Translation, Introduction, and Notes

558 pages: ". one of the most exciting contributions to the history of medieval logic in recent years, not because it presents any dramatic discoveries, but because it introduces an important work to a public wider than that of dedicated scholars able to read Latin. Future generations of students and scholars will undoubtedly be grateful to Copenhaver, Normore and Parsons for this splendid publication." --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online ".this is a welcome treatment of a classic text that has long deserved such an outstanding edition, translation, and commentary." -- Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Description This new translation presents the Latin and English on facing pages and comes with an extensive introduction, chapter-by-chapter analysis, notes, and a full bibliography. About the Author Brian P. Copenhaver, Distinguished Professor and Udvar-Hazy Chair of Philosophy and History at UCLA, teaches medieval and early modern philosophy. He has written extensively about magic, astrology, the Hermetica, Cabala and their foundations in Neoplatonic, Aristotelian and scholastic philosophy; natural philosophy; scepticism; Averroism; philosophical translation; modern Italian philosophy; historiography; the classical tradition in philosophy; Lorenzo Valla; Marsilio Ficino; Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; Lorenzo de' Medici; Polydore Vergil; Tommaso Campanella; Isaac Newton; Henry More; and Benedetto Croce. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has held Fulbright, ACLS, Guggenheim and Getty fellowships. Library stamp inside book.…