وهذا يلقب بالمعلم الأول
He is given the title “the First Teacher.”
This title refers to Aristotle. It does not imply that no teacher lived before him. It marks his foundational standing in a particular tradition of philosophical and logical instruction.
The ordinary words “first teacher” and the scholarly title al-Muʿallim al-Awwal must therefore be distinguished. Scholarly titles refer to a field and a received intellectual tradition.
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Names, Definition, Subject Matter, and Aim of Logic
وهذا يلقب بالمعلم الأول
He is given the title “the First Teacher.”
This title refers to Aristotle. It does not imply that no teacher lived before him. It marks his foundational standing in a particular tradition of philosophical and logical instruction.
The ordinary words “first teacher” and the scholarly title al-Muʿallim al-Awwal must therefore be distinguished. Scholarly titles refer to a field and a received intellectual tradition.