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Prior Analytics

Aristotle’s theory of the syllogism and deductive inference, in two books.

This edition presents the original Greek (Ross (OCT, 1964)) side by side with English translations (A. J. Jenkinson, O. F. Owen) — with click-to-parse morphology, dictionary entries, and exact Bekker citation. 2 books, 73 chapters.

Read this work

• Jenkinson Greek & English · A. J. Jenkinson (Oxford, 1928)
• Owen Greek & English · O. F. Owen (Bohn, 1853)

Books

• Book I 46 chapters · 24a10–52b34
• Book II 27 chapters · 52b38–70b38

Greek text & translations

Greek: W. D. Ross, ed. Aristotelis analytica priora et posteriora. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1964.
Translations: A. J. Jenkinson (Oxford, 1928); O. F. Owen (Bohn, 1853).
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In print

Modern, copyright-protected translations and commentaries we can’t host here, for readers who want to go further:

• TranslationC. D. C. Reeve, trans., in Aristotle: The Complete Works, 2 vols. (Hackett, 2024) Find in print →

Prefer a paper copy? These in-print editions carry the translation read here (or a revision of it):

• In printA. J. Jenkinson’s translation, revised, found in Jonathan Barnes, ed., The Complete Works of Aristotle: The Revised Oxford Translation, 2 vols. (Princeton University Press, 1984) Find in print →

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Resources

• Ars Syllogistica — An interactive guide to learning Aristotelian logic. See the “Third Act of the Mind” exercise set, relevant to this work. Developed by Dr. Timothy Kearns.