A Stylometric Comparison between Five Disputed Works and the Remainder of the Aristotelian Corpus
Anthony Kenny · 2000
Abstract What can stylometric techniques tell us about the authenticity of the five possibly Aristotelian works which are our topic? In the present state of our knowledge it is not easy to give a precise answer to this question. There is no doubt, to my mind, that the statistical examination of literary style is a valuable auxiliary tool in the study of the questions which interest the philogist and the philosopher who approach an ancient text. But to decide whether a work is genuine or spurious is one of the most difficult tasks for stylometry.