The Rules of Logic
Al-K& / Street, Tony / Street, Tony
Logic was revered in the thirteenth century, perhaps more highly than it has been revered before or since. In the Muslim East, logic was an integral part of the syllabus of schools and found to be especially helpful for legal studies. It was at this time that The Canons of Logic was composed by Najm al-Din al-Katibi, a scholar of the Shafi'i school of law. The Canons of Logic is the most widely read introduction to logic in the Arabic-speaking...