Categoriae decem

Decem called Categoriae (ten categories), also Paraphrasis Themistiana, is a Latin summary of the category font of Aristotle. It will, inter alia, dated to the 4th century and locates in a circle around Themistius and Neoplatonic in context and attributed, inter alia, Vettius Agorius Praetextatus. Sometimes it is also only dated to the 8th- 9th century, attributed to Remigius of Auxerre, for example. Traditionally, the work of Augustine was attributed to what is untenable but, as has been noted by the editors of the text edition of 1674 ( reprinted in Migne ).

To 370 Augustine describes the enthusiasm for the Aristotelian category Scripture in Latin schools, what can you conclude with good reason, use of the Greek text of only three Latin editions relate, : Chapters in De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii of Martianus Capella, the (not supplied ) translation of Marius Victorinus or even the Categoriae Decem. Also Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636 ) was used not decem the translation of Boethius, but fragments from Cassiodorus (who in turn used Boethius ), Martianus Capella and the Categoriae.

The Categoriae decem were one of the main sources of the early medieval European logic teaching, especially in the 9th and 10th centuries. The work was of Heiricus of Auxerre (ca. 835 - ca 887 ) glosses .. As long as the genuine Aristotelian font did not exist at the Categoriae were decem usually for a complete Latin translation kept the same. Important influence exercised inter alia, the Categoriae John Scotus Eriugena on, Ratramnus of Corbie, Fridugisus of Tours and especially Alcuin, who is responsible for the broad use within the Frankish educational system in the 11th century, the influence of Categoriae decreases decem, because the genuine Aristotelian writing in Latin translation is accessible; younger Latin translations, among others originate of Boethius (510 ), an anonymous translator of the 9th or 10th century, and finally William of Moerbeke ( 1266 ).