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organon
[ awr-guh-non ]
noun
- an instrument of thought or knowledge.
- Philosophy. a system of rules or principles of demonstration or investigation.
organon
/ ˈɔːɡəˌnɒn /
noun
- a system of logical or scientific rules, esp that of Aristotle
- archaic.a sense organ, regarded as an instrument for acquiring knowledge
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Origin of organon1
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Example Sentences
Their Organon of Medicine, or collection of medical knowledge, was a hook which they called Vagadasastir.
Aristotles Organon, or logic, had always been in part known to the West and was known as a whole after about 1130.
Phlegmatos d' ouden epoisen h physis organon kathartikon, hoti psychron kai hygron esti kai hoion hmipeptos tis troph.
We thus see how vain it is to look to the Aristotelian tradition for an organon of truth or a criterion of falsehood.
The law of contradiction is as clearly laid down by him in the Republic, as by Aristotle in his Organon.
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