Aristotle · Int.

De Interpretatione

Aristotle on statements, truth, negation, and future contingents — the second work of the Organon.

This edition presents the original Greek (Minio-Paluello (OCT, 1949)) side by side with English translations (E. M. Edghill, Thomas Taylor, O. F. Owen) — with click-to-parse morphology, dictionary entries, and exact Bekker citation. 14 chapters.

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• Edghill Greek & English · E. M. Edghill (Oxford, 1928)
• Taylor Greek & English · Thomas Taylor (London, 1812)
• Owen Greek & English · O. F. Owen (Bohn, 1853)

Greek text & translations

Greek: L. Minio-Paluello, ed. Aristotelis categoriae et liber de interpretatione. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1949.
Translations: E. M. Edghill (Oxford, 1928); Thomas Taylor (London, 1812); 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:

• TranslationHippocrates G. Apostle, Aristotle’s Categories and Propositions (De Interpretatione) (The Peripatetic Press, 1980) Find in print →
• TranslationC. D. C. Reeve, trans., in Aristotle: The Complete Works, 2 vols. (Hackett, 2024) Find in print →
• CommentaryJ. L. Ackrill, Categories and De Interpretatione (Clarendon Aristotle Series, Oxford University Press, 1963) Find in print →

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

• In printThomas Taylor, trans., The Organon, or Logical Treatises of Aristotle, Thomas Taylor Series (Prometheus Trust) — the in-print reprint of the translation read here Find in print →
• In printE. M. Edghill’s translation, found in Richard McKeon, ed., The Basic Works of Aristotle (Random House, 1941; repr. Modern Library, 2001) Find in print →

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Resources

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