Traditional Logic II – Basic Set

Student Sample
Teacher Key Sample
Quizzes & Final Exam Sample

Traditional Logic II covers the figures of the traditional syllogism, forms of rhetorical arguments, kinds of hypothetical syllogisms, as well as relational arguments. The book also includes a wealth of famous arguments throughout history. Some examples include:

Do you know the Latin mnemonic verse used by the medieval schoolmen to memorize the 19 valid argument forms? (Our monks do. We can hear them chanting it now.)
Which epistle contains Paul’s argument in the form of an Aristotelian sorties about foreknowledge and predestination?
What argument form does Shakespeare use in Troilus and Cressida to justify social hierarchy?
What was wrong with the famous dilemma used by Caliph Omar to justify the burning of the Alexandrian Library in 640 A.D.?

The book also includes a wealth of examples of arguments from the Bible, Lewis Carroll, Isaac Watts, St. Augustine, and Tertullian, as well as extended case studies of famous arguments throughout history, such as Rene Descartes’ famous enthymeme: “I think, therefore, I am”; C. S. Lewis’ disjunctive syllogism proving the deity of Christ; Plato’s hypothetical argument concerning the power of love; Christ’s conjunctive syllogism: “You cannot serve both God and mammon”; David Hume’s famous dilemma stating the problem of evil; the stoic Seneca’s justification of the virtuous life; and St. Thomas Aquinas’ cosmological argument for the existence of God.

Package Includes

Student Workbook
Student Textbook
Teacher Key (for student book and quizzes and tests)
Quizzes & Final Exam

Companion Products

DVD

Additional Resources

Traditional Logic I Complete Set with DVDs
Traditional Logic I Complete Set with Streaming
Traditional Logic II Complete Set with DVDs
Traditional Logic II Complete Set with Streaming

Traditional Logic I Basic Set
Traditional Logic II Basic Set

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