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• 1 2022-10-20T15:57:01-07:00 MS C189 Text 1 62 plain 2022-12-13T16:19:33-08:00
  Text 1: ff. 1r-8r
  Title: Isagoge (Introduction)
  Author: Porphyry of Tyre (c. 234-305 C.E.)
  Translator: Boethius (c. 475 C.E - c. 524 C.E.)
  Language: Latin
  
  "[rubric] Incipit liber Porfirii. [incipit] Cum sit necesariu[m] Grisarori [et] ad eam que est apud Aristotele[m] p[re]dicam[en]to[rum] doctrina[m] ... [explicit] s[ed] sufficiu[n?]t [et] h[ec?] ad [dis?]cretio[n]is eo[rum] [com]municiusq[ue] tradit[i]o[n]em.. [rubric]."
  
  Isagoge
  Porphyry wrote the Isagoge, as an introduction to Aristotle’s logical works in particular, Aristotle’s Categories. He combined Aristotle's logic with Plato’s philosophies particularly, Aristotle’s doctrine of categories, which Porphyry re-interpreted as “universal” entities. The Isagoge was written in Greek and popularized in part, through Boethius’ Latin translations
  
  Porphyry of Tyre
  (c. 234-305 C.E.)
  Born: Tyre, Phoenicia (modern Syria)
  Died: Rome?
  
  

  Ancius Manlius Severinus Boethius

  (c. 475 C.E - c. 524 C.E.)
  Born: Rome, Italy
  Died: Italy
  
  Boethius was a bridge between classical Greek philosophy and the Latin Middle Ages. As a member of the Roman aristocracy, he learned Greek, which allowed him to translate Classical literature. Boethius frequently referenced Porphyry’s writings and he used his logical training to support theological discussions. Boethius began before 510 to translate Porphyry’s Isagoge (Introduction), which he expanded upon in his commentary.
• 1 2022-10-20T16:01:21-07:00 MS C189 Text 4 13 plain 2022-12-10T13:20:05-08:00 Text 3: ff. 27r-34r
  Title: Liber Sex Principiorum,  De sex principiis
  Author: attributed to Gilbert de la Porree
  • a commentary on and extension of the Categories
  Language: Latin
  
  Liber Sex Principiorum
  "[rubric] Liber vi p[ri]ncipo[rum].
  [incipit] [F]orma est [com]po[s]itioni [con]ti[n]gens si[m]plici [et] i[n]variabili e[ss]encia ...
  [explicit] cui inest secundum naturam moveri vero ignis.
  [rubric] Finit amen finit. [colophon] Robertus no[m]i[n]e sc[ri]psit quod mihi dixit illo [?] [...] [...]."
  
  In "Liber Sex Principiorum" Gilbert de la Porree breaks down Aristotle’s remaining six categories. "Liber Sex Principiorum” was taught amongst "Isagoge" and the "Categories" in the middle ages.
   
  
  Gilbert de la Porree
  (c. 1080-1154)
  Born: Poiters, France
  Died: ?
  
  Gilbert de la Porree was a Biblical commentator and theologian. Born c. 1080 in Poitiers, he was appointed as the Bishop of Poitiers in 1142. Returning later to Chartres, he taught philosophy and the arts, and he was the chancellor of the school. He lived and taught during a time when philosophical principles, methods, and doctrines of rational research were extended to theological study.