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§ 1 The title contains an ironic reference to Aristotle’s own work. It may also refer to the direct syllogism (ha-heqqesh ha-yashar), i.e., a syllogism in which the conclusion is drawn directly from the premises, as opposed to the per impossibile or apagogic syllogism (ha-heqqesh ha-hiluf). For this distinction see Prior Analytics I.23, 41a23-41b5 (cf. Patzig, 1968, p. 149); the Hebrew is cited in Klatzkin, 1968, 1: 207-208. Gersonides does use the phrase heqqesh yashar in the sense of ‘direct syllogism’ (e.g., C. Prior Analytics, fol. 243r).
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Manekin, C.H. (1992). Commentary. In: The Logic of Gersonides. The New Synthese Historical Library, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2614-4_2
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