The Organon, or Logical Treatises, of Aristotle: With Introduction of Porphyry, Literally Translated, With Notes, Syllogistic Examples, Analysis, and ... Freire Owen, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Mind, especially as to its element, Thought, is of so interesting a character as in great measure to reconcile the inquirer to the abstruseness of formal reasoning. The beauty of the flower, whilst concealing the ruggedness, is apt to with draw our attention from the utility, of the soil on which it grows; and thus in like manner the charms of I dealism, ending but too frequently in visionary specu lation, have obstructed the clear appreciation of the design and use of Logic. Not that we deny the connexion which must ever subsist between Logic, as the science of the laws of reasoning, and psychology; indeed the latter is constantly introduced in several topics of the Organon; but if we would derive real practical benefit from logical study, we must regard it as enunciative of the universal principle of inference, affording a direct test for the detection of fallacy, and the establishment of true conclusion.
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