The Logic of Apuleius. Including a complete Latin text and English translation of the Peri hermeneias of Apuleius of Madaura (Philosophia Antiqua)

129 Pages·1987·3.51 MB·English

by  Apuleius

P·HILOSOPHIA ANTIQUA
A SERIES OF STUDIES ON
ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
EDITED BY
W.]. VERDENIUS AND].C.M. VAN WINDEN
VOLUME XLVII
DAV ID LONDEY CARMEN jOHANSON
AND
THE LOGIC OF APULEIUS
THE LOGIC OF APULEIUS
Including a complete Latin text and English translation
of the Peri Hermeneias of Apuleius of Madaura
BY
DAV ID LONDEY CARMEN ]OHANSON
AND
E.J. BRILL
LEIDEN • NEW YORK • K0BENHA VN • KOLN
Library of Congress Catalog -
card number 87-27822
ISSN 007Y-1687
ISBN 90 04 08421 5
© Copyright 1987 by E. J. Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands
All rights reserved. Nu part of this book may be refrroduced or
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PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS BY E . .J. BRILL
CONTENTS
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vu
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
I. The Peri Hermeneias and this book.................................. 3
Il. Apuleius and the Peri Hermeneias.................................... 9
Ill. The logical background........... ........... ...... .... ..... ...... .... 20
IV. The character of the Peri Hermeneias .... ............. ....... ....... 34
V. Aspects of technical writing in the Peri Hermeneias.............. 50
VI. The outline of the Logical System................................. 62
Appendix A: An Apuleian glossary............ .......................... 74
PART Two: THE PERI HERMENEIAS OF ApULEIUS
Text and translation................................ ........... ........ ...... 82
Appendix B: The Apuleian Square of Opposition ... ..... ........... 108
Appendix C: Apuleius and the "moods of the Stoics" ......... .... 113
Selective index................................................................. 119
PREFACE
Although this little book was conceived in the stratosphere-in an
airliner somewhere between Bangkok and Bahrain-our aim in writing
it is quite down-to-earth. We aim to make the small textbook on formal
logic, ascribed to Apuleius of Madaura, more accessible both to logicians
who do not have much Latin and to classicists who do not have much
Logic. We hope, of course, that it may also be of some interest and use
to those well-equipped on both sides. Apuleius's book seems to us to
deserve more detailed study than it has received in recent times, both
with a view to forming a more definitive assessment of its place in the
history of logic and to cast light on the Latinisation of Greek thought in
the later classical period. By supplying a translation together with enough
introductory material to ease the approach to the text, we hope to
stimulate further work on what has been a somewhat neglected corner of
the history of logic as well as of Apuleian studies.
This book is the outcome of collaboration between a philosopher and
a classicist, but every part of it bears the impress of both of us and respon
sibility for it is shared equally. Our collaboration is a mirror of a belief
that the proper study of an ancient philosophical text requires the
cooperative attention of both philosophers and classicists.
Our thanks are due to B.G. Teubner GmbH for permitting us to
reproduce the Latin text in Part Il, along with our translation. We must
also thank the editor of Apeiron for permission to use material from
Carmen Johanson's "Was the magician of Madaura a logician?"
(Apeiron, Vol. XVII, 1983), and the editor and publishers of Phronesis for
kindly allowing us to use material from our "Apuleius and the Square
of Opposition" (Phronesis, Vo!. XXIX, 1984).
The writing of this book has been supported in part by a grant from
the Australian Research Grants Scheme and its publication assisted by
a generous grant from the University of New England Publications Com
mittee. Our thanks are due to both these bodies. We are also indebted
to Professor L.M. de Rijk for his very helpful comments and criticisms;
to Mr J. G. Deahl for constant editorial guidance; and to Mrs Cheryl
Chant who typed an earlier version most expeditiously. However, our
greatest debt is to Ann Londey for her unflagging encouragement from
the beginning, and her patience with untold hours of talk about 'the
P. H.' -and it is to Ann that this book is dedicated.

PART I
INTRODUCTION