Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the text
- List of abbreviations of titles of Aristotle's works
- Introduction
- Part I BEARERS OF TRUTH OR FALSEHOOD
- Part II ‘EMPTY’ TERMS
- Part III TRUTH AND TIME
- Appendix 1 Metaph. Θ 10, 1051b1: the text
- Appendix 2 Metaph. Θ 10, 1051b2–3: the text
- Appendix 3 Int. 7, 17b16–18: the text
- Appendix 4 The two-place relations in Aristotle's definition of truth
- Appendix 5 Aristotle's theory of truth for predicative assertions: formal presentation
- Appendix 6 The failure of bivalence for future-tense assertions: formal presentation
- References
- Index of names
- Index of subjects
- Index of passages
Appendix 2 - Metaph. Θ 10, 1051b2–3: the text
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the text
- List of abbreviations of titles of Aristotle's works
- Introduction
- Part I BEARERS OF TRUTH OR FALSEHOOD
- Part II ‘EMPTY’ TERMS
- Part III TRUTH AND TIME
- Appendix 1 Metaph. Θ 10, 1051b1: the text
- Appendix 2 Metaph. Θ 10, 1051b2–3: the text
- Appendix 3 Int. 7, 17b16–18: the text
- Appendix 4 The two-place relations in Aristotle's definition of truth
- Appendix 5 Aristotle's theory of truth for predicative assertions: formal presentation
- Appendix 6 The failure of bivalence for future-tense assertions: formal presentation
- References
- Index of names
- Index of subjects
- Index of passages
Summary
The evidence. At 1051b2–3 various readings are available. E and J have
τοῦτο δ'ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων ἐστὶ τὸ συγκ∊ῖσθαι ἢ διῃρῆσθαι.
This reading, also presupposed by William of Moerbeke's translation, is printed by some early editors (the Aldine edition, Brandis, and Weise).
Ab has instead
τοῦτο δὴ ἔτι τῶν πραγμάτων ἐστὶ τῷ συγκεῖσθαι ἢ διῃρῆσθαι.
No editor prints this.
Most modern editors (Bekker, Schwegler, Bonitz, Dübner, Christ, Ross, Tredennick, and Jaeger) print
τοῦτο δ' ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων ἐστὶ τῷ συγκ∊ῖσθαι ἢ διῃρῆσθαι, a text obtained by combining readings [a] and [b].
Evaluation. Reading [b] makes no sense and must be discarded. Reading [a] has the edge on [c] because of the parallel with 1051b11–13, 1051b19–20, and 1051b33–5. I therefore opt for reading [a].
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