Logic and the imperial Stoa / / by Jonathan Barnes.

• Superior document: Philosophia antiqua, v. 75
• Author: Barnes, Jonathan, 1942-.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : Brill.; ©1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophia Antiqua 75.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (165 pages).
• Other title: Preliminary material --; THE DECLINE OF LOGIC --; SENECA --; EPICTETUS --; CONCLUSION --; APPENDIX: Epictetus, Discourses I vii --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEXES --; INDEX OF PERSONS --; Index of Topics --; PHILOSOPHIA ANTIQUA: A SERIES OF STUDIES ON ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-153) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004321004
• ISSN: 0079-1687
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Jonathan Barnes.

The main argument of this book, against a prevailing orthodoxy, is that the study of logic was a vital - and a popular - part of stoic philosophy in the early imperial period. The argument relies primarily on detailed analyses of certain texts in the Discourses of Epictetus. It includes some account of logical 'analysis', of 'hypothetical' reasoning, and of 'changing' arguments. Written both for historians and for philosophers, and presupposing no logical expertise, this is an important contribution to the history of philosophy in the early imperial period.