Tractatus De Signis: The Semiotic of John Poinsot

by John of St. Thomas, John N. Deely (Interprative arrangement)

"From the 1930 Reiser edition (emended second impression) of the Ars logica, itself comprising the first two parts of the five part Cursus philosophicus of 1631-1635, by the same author."

617 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1632

About the author

John of St. Thomas, born João Poinsot (\ʒwau̇ⁿ\; 9 June 1589 – 17 June 1644) was a Portuguese Dominican friar and Thomist theologian and philosopher.

Reviews

[Sil · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sometimes this book is interesting. Other times it makes me want to bang my head against the wall. Deely's additions are helpful in many cases, and his arrangement of the text is exceptionally clear and precise, but sometimes one will run across something that is a complete editorial addition to the text - like his changing of "articles" to "questions" and "questions" to "books" - and which is simply confusing. Add that to the fact that one would have to have been thoroughly immersed in medieval philosophy to even begin to understand, and you have all the makings of an upper division philosophy course. Thank God for metaphysicians! Overall: 4.2/5 only because someone is helping me read it and filling the lacunae in my knowledge.