tradition of the topics in the Middle Ages

the commentaries on Aristotle"s and Boethius" Topics

by Niels JГёrgen Green-Pedersen

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Published 1984 by Philosophia Verlag in München .
Written in

Subjects:

• Aristotle,
• Boethius, d. 524,
• Topic (Philosophy) -- Early works to 1800,
• Philosophy, Medieval,
• Middle Ages

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Edition Notes

Statement	Niels Jørgen Green-Pedersen.
Series	Analytica, Analytica (Philosophia Verlag)
Classifications
LC Classifications	B442 .G74 1984
The Physical Object
Pagination	458 p. ;
Number of Pages	458
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL2589064M
ISBN 10	388405046X
LC Control Number	85140141

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