Aristotle, Categories

Translated by Thomas Taylor (1758-1835)

Thomas Taylor’s translation of Aristotle’s Categories opens one of the most foundational works in all of philosophy, a text upon which the whole structure of logical and scientific reasoning depends. In the Categories, Aristotle examines the most basic ways in which things are said to be, distinguishing substance from its attributes and clarifying the fundamental kinds of predication by which the human intellect understands reality. Taylor’s nineteenth-century translation preserves the precision and seriousness of Aristotle’s thought while remaining faithful to the classical philosophical tradition that shaped Western learning for centuries. For students of logic, philosophy, and the liberal arts, this work provides an indispensable introduction to clear thinking, careful definition, and the disciplined pursuit of truth that lies at the heart of classical education.

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