P. Rami Dialecticae libri duo, scholiis G. Tempelli Cantabrigiensis illustrati. Quibus accessit, eodem authore, de Porphyrianis prædicabilibus disputatio. Item: epistolæ de P. Rami Dialectica contra Iohannis Piscatoris responsionem defensio, in capita viginti novem redacta

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P. Rami Dialecticae libri duo, scholiis G. Tempelli Cantabrigiensis illustrati. Quibus accessit, eodem authore, de Porphyrianis prædicabilibus disputatio. Item: epistolæ de P. Rami Dialectica contra Iohannis Piscatoris responsionem defensio, in capita viginti novem redacta
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Ramus, Petrus, 1515-1572.
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Cantabrigiae :: Ex officina Thomæ Thomasij,
1584.
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Piscator, Johannes, 1546-1625.
Porphyry, ca. 234-ca. 305.
Logic -- Early works to 1800.
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"P. Rami Dialecticae libri duo, scholiis G. Tempelli Cantabrigiensis illustrati. Quibus accessit, eodem authore, de Porphyrianis prædicabilibus disputatio. Item: epistolæ de P. Rami Dialectica contra Iohannis Piscatoris responsionem defensio, in capita viginti novem redacta." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05107.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.

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CAP. XXX. De definitione.

DEfinitio est, qua explicatur quid res sit. Definitio quae sit rei cujus{que} natura ex quibusdam argumentis declarat. Sic illud, quo natura arboris declaratur &

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illustratur, est arboris definitio. Nam definire ni∣hil aliud est quám rei naturam illustrare & expli∣care.

Definitio est perfecta vel imperfecta. Perfecta Definitio est quae constat ex solis causis essentiam constituentibus: quales causae genere & forma comprehenduntur. Vnaquae∣que definitio (ut vides) rei naturam explicat per argumenta. At perfecta definitio non ex quibus∣libet argumentis rem definit & illustrat, sed ex illis duntaxat causis, quae essentiam rei constituunt: es∣sentia cujusliber rei ex materia & forma constitui∣tur. Perfecta igitur definitio comprehendit materi∣am & formam rei definitae. Forma est partim pro∣pria rei definitae, partim communis. forma com∣munis & materia rei definitae semper genere com∣prehenduntur. Genus enim complectitur in sese materiam & formam, quae ad duas vel plures spe∣cies communiter attinent. Ac proinde quaelibet perfecta definitio constat ex genere & propria rei definitae forma.

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