RaMBa”M). (Miloth Ha’higayon) Ha’higayon shel Ha’chacham Rabbi Shimon-Logica Sapientis Rabbi Simeonis [introduction to Logic]. With introduction and translation into Latin by Sebastian Münster

MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES/

Johannes Froben

Basle

1527

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages. Printer’s mark on verso of final leaf (Yaari’s Printer’s Marks no. 12)

Vinograd, Basle 25; Mehlman 1874; Prijs, Basle 28; not in Adams

THE FIRST EXTANT WORK ON LOGIC WRITEN BY A JEW. Originally written in Arabic entitled Maqãla fî-Sina at al-Mantiq, Maimonides’ treatise on Logic offers a concise exposition of the 175 most important logical, physical, metaphisical and ethical terms used in the discussion of logical theory. According to Maimonides, the term Logic is used in three basic senses: To refer to the rational faculty, the intelligable in the mind, and the verbal expression of this mental content. Maimonides’ work has served not only as a handbook of logic, but until relatively recent times has served as an introduction to general philosophy as well. See: EJ XI, col. 459