Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Isagoge

This work is an explanation of the main concepts of Aristotle's categories; it was written in Sicily before 270.

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198384038890
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https://w3id.org/haf/work/198384038890
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Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Isagoge
HMML native script
Εἰσαγωγή
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98124862
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/272303700

Variants

  • Eisagōgē eis tas Aristotelous katēgorias
  • Hai pente phōnai
  • In Aristotelis Categorias introductio
  • Introductio
  • Introduction
  • Isagoge de quinque vocibus sive praedicabilibus
  • Peri genous kai eidous kai diaphoras kai idiou kai sombebēkotos
  • Peri pente phōnōn
  • Quinque voces
  • Εἰσαγωγὴ εἱς τάς Ἀριστοτέλους κατηγορίας

Work information

Title
Eisagōgē
Author
Places of creation
Centuries
3rd century CE
Original languages

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Versions

Expression
Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Isagoge. Ancient Greek
Language
Greek, Ancient
Title
Eisagōgē
HMML native script
Εἰσαγωγή
Incipit
Ὄντος ἀναγκαίου, Χρυσαόριε
Expression
Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Isagoge. Arabic (Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ)
Language
Arabic
Title
Īsāghūjī
Alternate titles
  • كتاب إيساغوجي أي كتاب الكليات الخمس
  • Kitāb Īsāghūjī ay kitāb al-kulliyāt al-khams
Translator
Incipit
افتتح المصنف كتابه بان قال ان لكل صناعة

General notes

Description
This text was translated into Arabic by Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ; then by Abū Nūḥ al-Kātib al-Naṣrānī; then by Salamah al-Ḥarrānī; scholars debate as to whether the first translation was by Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ (died approximately 760), the father, or by Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, his son
Description
كتاب إيساغوجي أي كتاب الكليات الخمس = Kitāb Īsāghūjī ay kitāb al-kulliyāt al-khams
Citations
"Isagoge," Wikipedia, accessed August 30, 2021, https://perma.cc/LA29-KV6B.

Preferred citation

"Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Isagoge." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified February 02, 2025. https://w3id.org/haf/work/198384038890

Change notes

Date added
2021-08-30
Last edited
2025-02-02