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Ottoman path, level 2: al-Kātī's commentary

After the first reading, read the Īsāghūjī again, now with al-Kātī's commentary, lesson by lesson: the matn, al-Kātī's explanation of it, and a short test.

Ottoman path · level 2 · 17 lessons

Sharḥ Īsāghūjī Ḥusām al-Dīn al-Kātī

شَرْحُ إِيساغُوجِي

The classic Ottoman school commentary: short, clear, written "he said … I say", quoting the matn and then explaining it.

Arabic text after the print of Beirut · translation by The Mantiqi, draft

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Sharḥ Īsāghūjī شَرْحُ إِيساغُوجِي

Ḥusām al-Dīn al-Kātī (d. ca. 760/1359)

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Arabic: Sharḥ matn al-Īsāghūjī fī al-manṭiq, with notes by Qāsim Naʿīm al-Ḥanafī (not reproduced), Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyya, Beirut View the scan
Translation
The Mantiqi's own; a draft.
Review
Draft, awaiting review by Ustadh Muhammad Yusuf.
  1. Signification · Matn 3–5Up next
  2. Simple and composite, universal and particular · Matn 6–7Up next
  3. Genus, species and differentia · Matn 8–11Up next
  4. Proprium and common accident · Matn 12–14Up next
  5. Definitions · Matn 15–18Up next
  6. The proposition and its kinds · Matn 19–21Up next
  7. Quality and quantity · Matn 22–23Up next
  8. Connective and disjunctive propositions · Matn 24–27Up next
  9. Contradiction · Matn 28–31Up next
  10. Conversion · Matn 32–35Up next
  11. The syllogism and its terms · Matn 36–38Up next
  12. The four figures · Matn 39–41Up next
  13. The moods of the first figure · Matn 42–43Up next
  14. Syllogisms of conditional propositions · Matn 44–48Up next
  15. The exceptive syllogism · Matn 49–51Up next
  16. Demonstration and certain premises · Matn 52–54Up next
  17. The other four arts · Matn 55–59Up next

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