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On Interpretation

On Interpretation (Greek: Περὶ Ἑρμηνείας, Peri Hermeneias) is the second text from Aristotle's Organon and is among the earliest surviving philosophical works in the Western tradition to deal with the relationship between language and logic in a comprehensive, explicit, and formal way.

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GreekAristotleOrganonWestern traditionNegation
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Marius VictorinusBoethius
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