Boethius's in Ciceronis Topica : An Annotated Translation of a Medieval Dialectical Text.

Boethius's "De topicis differentiis -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- In Ciceronis Topica -- Book I -- Introduction: The Purpose of Topics -- The Nature of Topics -- The Nature of Topics -- The Division of Topics -- Book II -- Introduction: The Nature of Related Things -- The Topic from related things -- An Extrinsic Topic -- Book III -- Introduction: The Relationship of Topics to the Thing at Issue -- Definition -- Book IV -- Partition -- Designation -- Related Things -- Book V -- Introduction: The Nature and Sorts of Conditional Propositions -- The Seven Stoic Modes of Hypothetical Syllogism -- Causes -- Book VI -- Introduction: Review of The Nature of Topics -- Causes -- Effects and Comparison -- The Division of Topics -- The Extrinsic Topic -- Notes to the Translation -- Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- Book IV -- Book V -- Book VI -- Appendix: Categories and Predicables -- Selected Bibliography -- Indexes.

In Ciceronis Topica and De topicis differentiis are Boethius's two treatises on Topics (loci). Together these two works present Boethius's theory of the art of discovering arguments, a theory.

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