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Topics by Aristotle (Uncompressed Audio)

Uncompressed 16-bit 44.1 kHz Wave version of the LibriVox audiobook recording of Topics by Aristotle. Translated by Octavius Freire Owen. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta Coordinator: Bart de Leeuw. Dedicated Proof-Listener: Guero. CD Insert: Scott Carpenter. Painting: Thirst by William-Adolphe Bouguereau c.1886. Recording and Cover by Geoffrey Edwards are in the Public Domain. Topics (Greek: ΤΟΠΙΚΑ Latin: TOPICA) is the fifth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). Topics constitutes Aristotle's treatise on the art of dialectic—the invention and discovery of arguments in which the propositions rest upon commonly-held opinions or endoxa. Topoi are "places" from which such arguments can be discovered or invented. Aristotle does not explicitly define a topos, though it is "at least primarily a strategy for argument not infrequently justified or explained by a principle." (Adapted from Wikipedia) For more free audiobooks or to volunteer please visit librivox.org. The online text can be found here: https://archive.org/details/organonorlogica04porpgoog

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