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Although the examination and discussion of the relationship between logic, thought, and language as a problem can be traced back to earlier periods, it is well known that Aristotle was the first to establish it as a ‘discipline’ or 'science.' Although Kindî was its first representative, it was Fârâbî who made the greatest contribution and exerted the most effort in giving the methodology, problems, and terminology of Islamic philosophy a systematic structure. Thus, it is this great Turkish philosopher who, through the significant contributions he made in the numerous works he authored, in which he attached special importance to the science of logic, has earned the title “Muallim-i Sânî,” or “the Second Teacher.” In this book, the Arabic texts and Turkish translations of three of al-Farabi’s treatises on logic (each of which, written in an instructional/didactic style, serves as a preparatory, introductory, and foundational text for the field) are presented side by side, as prepared by Hüseyin Sarıoğlu.