Categoriae decem Categoriae decem The Categoriae decem, also known as the Ten Categories and as the "Paraphrasis Themistiana", was a Latin summary of the "Categories" of Aristotle. It is thought to date to the fourth century. Once and traditionally attributed to St. Augustine, it is now no longer thought to be his work. From the eighth century onwards, this text became one of the major sources of logical teaching in medieval Europe, where it was taken at times as a full translation of Aristotle's work, rather than a compression. Its importance rests in the revival of the study of logic it stimulated
Greek East and Latin West Greek East and Latin West Greek East" and "Latin West are terms used to distinguish between the two parts of the Greco-Roman world, specifically the eastern regions where Greek was the "lingua franca" (Anatolia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East) and the western parts where Latin filled this role (Central and Western Europe). During the Roman Empire a divide had persisted between Latin- and Greek-speaking areas; this divide was encouraged by administrative changes in the empire's structure between the 3rd and 5th centuries, which led ultimately to the establishment of separate administrations for the Eastern and Western halves of the