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Aristotle’s Lost Logic: How Syllogisms Built the Western Mind

6 Sep 2026 · 7:12 · S5 E222

We often think of Aristotle as the father of biology or ethics, but his most enduring invention was arguably invisible: formal logic. In this episode, we trace how Aristotle constructed the Organon, a six-part collection that didn't just categorize knowledge but defined the very rules of valid reasoning. We explore the syllogism—the logical structure where two premises guarantee a conclusion—and see how it became the bedrock of Western thought for two millennia. From the Prior Analytics to the Posterior Analytics, we look at how these tools were used not just in philosophy, but in law, theology, and eventually, science. We also follow the journey of these texts through the Islamic Golden Age, where scholars like Al-Farabi preserved and expanded them, before they re-entered Europe via Thomas Aquinas, shaping the intellectual landscape of the Middle Ages and beyond.

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