Summa Grammatica (John of Dacia)
The Summa Grammatica (Latin for Overview of Grammar; c. AD 1280) or Speculative Grammar (Grammatica Speculativa)[1] was a work by the medieval Modist philosopher John of Dacia.
John calls grammar the "idiom of philosophers" and analyzes the modes using Aristotle's Metaphysics.[1][2]
See also
- Summa Grammatica, the more famous work by Roger Bacon
- Grammatica Speculativa, the more famous work by Thomas of Erfurt
- Modistae, the philosophical school represented by the work
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Murphy, James J. (1974), Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: A History of Rhetorical Theory from St. Augustine to the Renaissance, Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-04406-1.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, November 19, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.