Early Russian Hexamera: a logical and methodological analysis

Abstract

The role of the techniques of logical reasoning in the tradition of transfer of learning from the master to the student is the main topic of this paper. In the tradition here brought to examination, a special role belongs to the method of analogy. The author concentrates on revealing above all the methods of proof and argumentation employed in such texts as the Hexamera, which are commentaries on the Six days of Creation, and the Paley Explanatoty.