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Scope and Contents pt. 1. The classical mind. The cultural milieu -- The philosophical heritage -- Atomism -- Plato: the theory of forms -- Plato: the special sciences -- Aristotle: metaphysics, natural science, logic -- Aristotle: ethics, politics, art -- The late classical period -- pt. 2. The medieval mind. The new religious orientation -- The coming of Christianity -- Christianity: the formative years -- Augustine: God the creator -- Augustine: the created universe -- The medieval interval -- Thomas:...

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Physical facsimile reprint of the 1927 edition "By the author of Main Street, Babbit, Arrowsmith"--Book jacket A vulgar and licentious college football captain becomes a messenger of God as a suave evangelist preacher

Scope and Contents The logic of meaning. The logical function of language ; The rules of symbolism ; Naming ; The inference of meaning ; The problem of ambiguity ; The nature of definition -- The logic of propositions. The categorical proposition ; Other types of proposition ; How propositions express knowledge ; The formulation of propositions ; The laws of thought ; The relations between propositions ; The categorical syllogism ; Other types of syllogism -- The logic of truth. The foundations of rational...