Galen: Introduction to Logic, 9780198906124
Ancient logic unveiled: Galen’s lost handbook, translated and explained.
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Galen: Introduction to Logic

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    13 January 2026

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Unlock the Secrets of Reasoning: Galen’s Introduction to Logic

The earliest surviving handbook of logic in Greek, the Institutio Logica, was penned in the second century CE by the renowned Greek physician, Galen. This two-volume edition offers a deep dive into Galen’s logical system, presenting the Greek text alongside a fresh English translation and comprehensive commentary.

Volume I features the Greek text with a facing English translation, prefaced by a d…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198906124
ISBN-10:0198906129
Author:Benjamin Morison, Jonathan Barnes
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Release Date:13 January 2026
Weight:0g
About The Author

Benjamin Morison

Jonathan Barnes, FBA, is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Université de Paris IV - Sorbonne. He was Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Oxford University from 1989 until 1994 and Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Geneva from 1994 until 2002. He previously taught at the University of Geneva. He was a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford (1968-78), and a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford (1978-94), and is an Emeritus Fellow of Baliol College, Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1987 and elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999.

Benjamin Morison obtained his BA in Literae Humaniores at Balliol College, Oxford, followed by the BPhil and DPhil under the supervision of Michael Frede. He was Jonathan Barnes’ assistant at the University of Geneva followed by an appointment as British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1997-2000), and then Michael Cohen Fellow in Philosophy at Exeter College, Oxford (2001-9). He then moved to the Department of Philosophy at Princeton University, where he was Director of the Program in Classical Philosophy (2014-22),and then Chair (2022-).

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