Commentaries of the College of Coimbra on the Complete Dialectics of Aristotle - Volume VIII - Manuel de Góis

Commentaries of the College of Coimbra on Aristotle’s Complete Dialectics, Volume VIII by Manuel de Góis is a scholastic Aristotelian commentary that examines Aristotle’s logical works within the Coimbra Jesuit tradition. It belongs to the Conimbricenses series, which aimed to present a systematic and pedagogically structured account of Aristotelian philosophy.

A central concern of the volume is the nature and method of logical reasoning. Góis analyzes Aristotelian dialectics, including terms, propositions, syllogisms, demonstration, and the principles of scientific knowledge, emphasizing logic as the foundation for all philosophical inquiry.

The work also clarifies technical distinctions in Aristotelian logic and engages scholastic debates on method, argumentation, and certainty. Overall, it provides a comprehensive exposition of Aristotelian logic as the instrument of philosophical and theological science in the scholastic tradition.