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Book SynopsisJohn Buridan (d. ca. 1360) was one of the most talented and influential philosophers of the later Middle Ages. He spent his career as a master in the Arts Faculty at the University of Paris, producing commentaries and independent treatises on logic, metaphysics, natural philosophy, and ethics. His Questions Commentary on the eight books of Aristotle's Physics is the most important witness to Buridan's teachings in the field of natural philosophy. The commentary was widely read during the later Middle Ages and the Renaissance. This volume presents the first critical edition of books I & II of the final redaction of Buridan's Questions Commentary on the Physics. The critical edition of the Latin text is accompanied by a detailed guide to the contents of Buridan's questions.Trade Review"In a superb introduction by Johannes Thijssen and a lengthy and wonderfully edifying study guide by Edith Sylla, close readers will have before them several research questions and projects that could occupy them for years. [...] For students of medieval natural philosophy, the edition will generate further questions and discussions and contribute to a more nuanced picture of fourteenth-century philosophy than that provided by some earlier and still often-cited studies distorted by anachronistic comparisons and by sectarian philosophical or theological agendas. Interested readers surely look forward to the completion of the edition." - André Goddu (Stonehill College), Speculum 92/4 (October 2017), pp. 1164-1166. "The edition reviewed here is a very important contribution to a better, more precise acquaintance, based on textual evidence, with one of the more philosophically lively periods of medieval thought. The various lectiones of the manuscripts and the list of works cited by Buridan, together with the opening “Guide to the Text,” render very significant and effective support to our understanding of an ancient, truly important contribution to the history of science." - Stefano Caroti (University of Parma), Isis, Volume 108, Number 1, March 2017, pp. 179-180.Table of ContentsPreface xi Johannes M.M.H. Thijssen Introduction xiii Johannes M.M.H. Thijssen Guide to the Text xliii Edith D. Sylla 1 Introduction xliii 1.1 The Sources of Buridan’s Question Statements lxvii 1.2 Authors of Questions on Books I and II of the Physics Related to Buridan’s Questions lxx 2 The Questions on Book I lxxvii 2.1 Questions I.1–3 lxxvii 2.2 Physics, I, 1: Questions I.4–I.7 lxxxvi 2.3 Physics, I, 2: Questions I.8–I.10 c 2.4 Physics, I, 4: Questions I.11–I.13 cxiii 2.5 Physics, I, 4–6: Questions I.14–16 cxvi 2.6 Questions I.17–I.19 cxx 2.7 Physics, I, 9: Questions I.20–I.24 cxxviii 3 The Questions on Book II cxxxvii 3.1 Preliminaries and Physics, II, 1: Questions II.1–II.4 cxxxviii 3.2 Question II.5 cliii 3.3 Physics, II, 2: Question II.6 clvi 3.4 Physics, II, 3: Questions II.7–II.8 clxii 3.5 Physics, II, 4–6: Questions II.9–II.12 clxvii 3.6 Question II.13 clxxiv Bibliography clxxvi Iohannis Buridani Quaestiones super octo libros Physicorum Aristotelis (secundum ultimam lecturam) Libri I–II Conspectus siglorum et compendiorum 2 Liber I Prologus 3 Tabula quaestionum primi libri Physicorum 4 I.1. Utrum scientia naturalis sit scientia de omnibus rebus 8 I.2. Utrum totalis scientiae naturalis debeat assignari subiectum unum proprium 14 I.3. Utrum ens mobile sit subiectum proprium totalis scientiae naturalis vel quid aliud 22 I.4. Utrum in omni scientia ex cognitione principiorum, causarum et elementorum contingat alia scire et intelligere, scilicet principiata, causata et elementata 30 I.5. Utrum ad perfecte sciendum aliquem effectum oporteat scire omnes causas eius 48 I.6. Utrum sint eadem notiora nobis et naturae 55 I.7. Utrum universalia sint nobis notiora singularibus 59 I.8. Utrum omnis res extensive et situaliter habens partem extra partem sit magnitudo 79 I.9. Utrum totum sit suae partes 93 I.10. Utrum Socrates sit hodie idem quod ipse fuit heri, posito quod hodie additum est sibi aliquid ex nutrimento et conversum in eius substantiam, vel posito quod hodie est aliqua pars ab eo remota, ut si sibi amputata est manus 107 I.11. Utrum infinitum secundum quod infinitum sit ignotum 112 I.12. Utrum omnia entia naturalia sint determinata ad maximum 118 I.13. Utrum entia naturalia determinata sint ad minimum 137 I.14. Utrum cuiuslibet transmutationis naturalis principia intrinseca sint contraria 143 I.15. Utrum necesse sit omne quod fit fieri ex subiecto praesupposito 151 I.16. Utrum sint tria principia rerum naturalium, non plura nec pauciora 161 I.17. Utrum generatio substantialis sit forma substantialis vel materia vel compositum vel aliquod accidens eis additum 169 I.18. Utrum generare sit generans vel generatio vel quid aliud 174 I.19. Utrum illud quod in generatione substantiali generatur sit materia vel forma vel compositum 196 I.20. Utrum materia prima sit ens 201 I.21. Utrum forma, antequam generetur, habeat aliquod esse substantiale in materia distinctum ab ipsa materia 210 I.22. Utrum materia sit potentia ad formam generandam 217 I.23. Utrum privatio sit materia privata 225 I.24. Utrum materia appetat formam 231 Liber II Tabula quaestionum secundi libri Physicorum 241 II.1. Utrum res artificiales sint distinctae a rebus naturalibus 243 II.2. Utrum ista differentia quam assignat Aristoteles inter naturalia et artificialia sit conveniens, scilicet quod naturalia inquantum naturalia habent in se ipsis principium sui motus et status, artificialia autem inquantum artificialia nullum habent impetum suae mutationis innatum 249 II.3. Utrum figura sit res distincta a re figurata 256 II.4. Utrum definitio naturae sit bona qua dicitur: ‘natura est principium et causa movendi et quiescendi eius in quo est primum per se et non secundum accidens’ 264 II.5. Utrum in istis substantiis materialibus formae substantiales sint principaliter activae suorum motuum et suarum operationum vel magis qualitativae dispositiones illarum substantiarum 271 II.6. Utrum naturalis differat a mathematico per hoc quod naturalis definit per motum et mathematicus sine motu 284 II.7. Utrum finis sit causa 294 II.8. Utrum pater sit causa filii 302 II.9. Utrum definitio fortunae sit bona in qua dicitur: ‘fortuna est causa per accidens secundum propositum extra semper et frequenter eorum quae propter hoc sunt’ 308 II.10. Utrum casus et fortuna sint causae agentes 316 II.11. Utrum casus et fortuna reperiantur in contingentibus ad utrumlibet vel solum in contingentibus raro vel ut in paucioribus 322 II.12. Utrum natura producens monstrum intendat monstrum 330 II.13. Utrum in operationibus naturalibus necessitas proveniat ex fine vel ex materia 337 Index locorum 353 Index codicum manu scriptorum 358 Index nominum 360

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Book SynopsisThis is the first modern study of Agrippa's occult philosophy as a coherent part of his intellectual work. By demonstrating his sophistication, it challenges traditional interpretations of Agrippa as an intellectual dilettante, and uses modern theory and philosophy to elucidate the intricacies of his thought. It also argues for a new, interdisciplinary approach to magic and its place within early modern culture, using a transhistorical conversational model to understand and interpret the texts. The analysis walks the reader through the text of De occulta philosophia, Agrippa's 1533 masterpiece, explicating the often hidden structure and argument of the work. This volume will especially interest early modern intellectual historians, historians of religions, and scholars interested in the history of linguistic philosophy.Trade Review"Lehrich's book weaves a tapestry of critical theory and the history of ideas that is highly inspirational; he has given historians of early modern religion, science, and magic a great deal to think about." Steven Vanden Broeke, Renaissance Quarterly, 2005. "Engaging an interesting debate with modern anthropological and linguistic theories, not only does Lehrich manage to draw a coherent and fascinating picture of De occulta philosophia but he provides also some insightful suggestions for further research in order to clarify the role of this work in the development of early modern philosophical thought." Francesco La Nave, Sixteenth Century Journal, 2005.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations List of Illustrations 1. Introduction 2. Logos and nature 3. Sign, Sigil, Text 4. The Language of Demons and Angels 5. Conclusion Appendix I. Latin Quotations, De occulta philosophia Appendix II. De vanitate on Alchemy Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRamon Llull (ca. 1232–1316), mystic, missionary, philosopher, lay theologian, and one of the founding fathers of Catalan literature, was chiefly known in his own time and in subsequent generations as the inventor of a combinatorial, semi-mechanical method of demonstration, which he called his ‘Art’ and which he had developed to free interreligious debate from its fruitless textual base. Most of the extensive modern literature has been dedicated to mapping the foundations of Llull’s system, with little attempt to see how he used and combined these foundations to produce actual demonstrations. This book, in a series of explications de textes, tries to explain what kind of demonstrative systems he developed during the two main stages of the ‘Art’, how they finally evolved into an adaptation of key aspects of medieval Aristotelian logic, and why the ‘Art’ was central to all Llull’s endeavors.Trade Review“…Bonner’s decision to leave critical evaluation for another occasion appears to have been a prudent one. The result is a guide to Llull’s Art and logic unlikely to be surpassed for a long time…. Special features include eight color illustrations, thirty black-and-white illustrations, and appendices on Martin Gardner’s flawed reading of Llull and a chronological list of Llull’s works.” John R. Welch, Journal of the History of Philosophy 47:2, April 2009 "...ein wichtiger Beitrag für das Verständnis von Lulls Werk ... es [bietet] einen guten Einstieg in den Kern seiner komplizierten Methodiek..." Fernando Domínguez Reboiras, Jahrbuch dür Religionsphilosophue 8, 2009, 229-233 “...El Sr. Bonner ha escrit un llibre decisiu per a la comprensió de l’obra de Ramon Llull...” Jordi Gayà, Studia Lulliana 48, 2008, 146-148. "...Il sistema logico-argomentativo di Lullo trova nel libro di Bonner una guida efficace ed originale, in grado di introdurre senza pregiudizi e senza forzature il lettore a una delle figure meno conformiste del pensiero medievale, una guida che, davanti al complesso marchingegno dell’Arte e della logica lulliane, ci evita la fine di chi, per parafrasare le parole dell’autore, talvolta si lamenta che un calcolatore non funziona, e semplicemente non ha letto il manuale di istruzioni." Roberto, Cordeschi, Physis. Rivista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza, 45 (2008)Table of ContentsPreface .. ix Acknowledgments .. xv Abbreviations .. xvii 1. Introduction .. 1 2. The quaternary phase .. 26 3. Changes in the Art during the quaternary phase, and the transition to the ternary phase .. 93 4. The ternary phase .. 121 5. The post-Art phase: logic .. 188 6. Overview .. 256 Appendices .. 301 The Martin Gardner Problem .. 303 Bibliography .. 307 Index of works cited Index of names and subjects

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Book SynopsisMedieval logic is usually divided into the branches that derived from Aristotle's organon - the 'logica vetus' and 'logica nova', and those invented in the Middle Ages, the 'logica modernorum'. In this volume, a group of distinguished specialists asks whether the ancient roots of medieval logic were not in fact more varied. Stoic logic was mostly lost, but were some of its themes transmitted, even in distorted form, through Boethius and through the grammatical tradition? And did other schools, such as the sceptics and the Platonists, contribute in their own ways to medieval logic?

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Book SynopsisIt is a misconception that Christianity and Humanism are in any way in conflict with each other. The present book shows that through many centuries, and especially in the Renaissance, the two stood in a relation that was mutually complementary. The contributions in this volume treat aspects and manifestations of this cultural symbiosis, and they throw new light on authors and texts both more and less familiar. The subject-areas discussed include: religion, history, philosophy, literature and education. The age of Renaissance and Reformation is the central focus, but earlier and later periods are also featured. The contributions comprise a Festschrift for Professor Arjo Vanderjagt, whose work deals centrally with both Christianity and Humanism. Contributors are Fokke Akkerman, István P. Bejczy, Alexander Broadie, Chris-toph Burger, Marcia L. Colish, Albrecht Diem, Stephen Gersh, Berndt Hamm, Volker Honemann, Adrie van der Laan, Alasdair A. MacDonald, Peter Mack, Zweder von Martels, Matthieu van der Meer, Hans Mooij, Simone Mooij-Valk, Just Niemeijer, John North, Willemien Otten, Jan Papy, Detlev Pätzold, Rob Pauls, Marc van der Poel, Burcht Pranger, Peter Raedts, Han van Ruler, Rudolf Suntrup, Jan R. Veenstra, and Ronald Witt.Trade Review"A deeply rewarding exploration of Christian humanism that would be difficult, if not impossible, to find elsewhere [...] prodigious in both depth and breadth". Laurel Carrington, St. Olaf College. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 1.Table of ContentsIntroduction Notes on Contributors CHRISTIANITY AND HUMANISM Coluccio Salutati in the Footsteps of the Ancients, Ron Witt Christlicher Humanismus und Liturgie: Heinrich Bebel, Johannes Casselius und Leonhard Clemens verfassen Offizien zu den Festen des heiligen Hieronymus und der heiligen Anna, Volker Honemann Rühmende Memoria: der Zusammenhang von Verdiesseitigung und Religiosität in der Gedächtnispflege der Humanisten, Berndt Hamm Religion as exercitatio mentis: a Case for Theology as a Humanist Discipline, Willemien Otten A Classicising Friar at Work: John of Wales’ Breviloquium de virtutibus, Albrecht Diem HUMANISM AND STOICISM Virtue as an End in Itself: the Medieval Unease with a Stoic Idea, István P. Bejczy Florentius Volusenus and Tranquillity of Mind: Some Applications of an Ancient Ideal, Alasdair A. Macdonald The First Christian Defender of Stoic Virtue? Justus Lipsius and Cicero’s Paradoxa stoicorum, Jan Papy Coornhert on Virtue and Nobility, Hans and Simone Mooij-Valk HUMANISM AND PHILOSOPHY The De veritate fidei christianae of Juan Luis Vives, Marcia L. Colish Montaigne and Christian Humanism, Peter Mack Humanism and Religion in the Works of Spinoza, Fokke Akkerman Erasmus of Rotterdam and Late Medieval Theologians on the Doctrine of Grace, Christoph Burger The philosophia Christi, its Echoes and its Repercussions on Virtue and Nobility, Han van Ruler Modern Humanism as Philosophical Autobiography: Pretending and Under-standing Selfhood in Descartes and Fichte, Detlev Pätzold HUMANISM, ARTS AND SCIENCES Types of Inconsistency in the Astrology of Ficino and Others, John North† The Metaphysical Unity of Music, Motion, and Time in Augustine’s De musica, Stephen Gersh World Without End: Nicholas of Cusa’s View of Time and Eternity, Matthieu van der Meer Copernicus’ Praefatio in libros revolutionum: Humanism and Scholarly Debate, Marc van der Poel Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples: Humanism and Hermeticism in the De magia naturali, Jan R. Veenstra HUMANIST WRITING AND EDUCATION Dutch Humanists and the Medieval Past, Peter Raedts “Höhere Bildung” im 17. Jahrhundert. Die Schola Carolina in Osnabrück auf dem Weg vom Humanistischen Gymnasium zur Jesuitenuniversität, Rudolf Suntrup Ubbo Emmius, the Eternal edict and the Academy of Groningen, Zweder von Martels John Mair’s Dialogus de materia theologo tractanda: Introduction, Text and Translation, Alexander Broadie Rudolph Agricola’s Address to Innocent VIII, Adrie van der Laan Solitude and the Inaccessible Light in the Sermons of Isaac of Stella, Just Niemeijer Anselm, Calvin, and the Absent Bible, Burcht Pranger The World as Sin and Grace: The Theology of Melanchthon’s Loci communes of 1521, Rob Pauls Index

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Book SynopsisFamous for his role as Minister General of the Franciscan Order after the flight of Michael of Cesena and company, Gerald Odonis (ca. 1285-1348) has in recent years attracted attention for his scholarly work. At an increasing pace, studies of specific areas of Odonis’ thought reveal another side to the man often portrayed as Pope John XXII’s creature: a philosopher and theologian who held unique, often controversial positions and defended them with zeal and integrity, whose impact extended beyond the religious and chronological confines of medieval Christendom. Building on the recent scholarship of Bonnie Kent, Christian Trottmann, and especially L.M. de Rijk, this volume gathers together studies by other specialists on Odonis, covering his ideas in economics, logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural philosophy, theology, and politics in works written over the entire span of his career. Contributors are Paul J.J.M. Bakker, Sander W. de Boer, Stephen F. Brown, Giovanni Ceccarelli, William Duba, Roberto Lambertini, Sylvain Piron, Camarin Porter, Chris Schabel, and Joke Spruyt.

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Book SynopsisDuring a career spanning four decades, Sten Ebbesen has produced a body of work which stands as a remarkable and important contribution to the field of medieval philosophy. Combining philological expertise and textual work with a deep philosophical understanding and a broad historical outlook, his vast output deftly penetrates and analyses often difficult and complex issues. The present volume pays homage to this body of work by investigating topics relevant to its two most central themes: logical and linguistic analysis. True to the work it seeks to honour, these closely connected themes are explored from both historical and philosophical perspectives and within both the Latin and Greek philosophical traditions. Contributors are Fabrizio Amerini, E. Jennifer Ashworth, E.P. Bos, Laurent Cesalli, Alessandro Conti, Silvia Donati, Sten Ebbesen, Jakob L. Fink, K. Margareta Fredborg, Frédéric Goubier, Heine Hansen, Katerina Ierodiakonou, Yukio Iwakuma, Alain de Libera, C.H. Kneepkens, Simo Knuuttila, Roberto Lambertini, John Magee, John Marenbon, Costantino Marmo,Christopher J. Martin, Ana Maria Mora-Márquez, Calvin Normore, Paloma Pérez-Ilzarbe, Mary Sirridge, Paul Thom, Christina Thomsen Thörnqvist and Luisa Valente.Table of ContentsList of Contributors ... xi Preface ... xiii Introduction ... 1 Sten Ebbesen 1. Preliminary Observations on the Textual Tradition of Boethius’First Peri Hermeneias Commentary ... 13 John Magee 2. Alberic of Paris on Mont Ste Genevieve against Peter Abelard ... 27 Yukio Iwakuma 3. Gilbert of Poitiers’s Contextual Theory of Meaning and the Hermeneutics of Secrecy ... 49 John Marenbon 4. Instantiae and the Parisian Schools ... 65 Christopher J. Martin 5. Tempting Moves: Anonymus Cantabrigiensis on Peirastic Dialectic ... 85 Jakob L. Fink 6. Philosophers and Other Kinds of Human Beings according to Peter Abelard and John of Salisbury ... 105 Luisa Valente 7. A Logical Joust in Nikephoros Blemmydes’ Autobiography ... 125 Katerina Ierodiakonou 8. Strange Finds, or Nicholas of Paris on Relations ... 139 Heine Hansen 9. Robert Kilwardby and Albert the Great on Praedicamenta and Praedicabilia ... 155 Alessandro D. Conti 10. Culuerbinus somnians ... 171 Paul Thom 11. The ‘Anonymus Aurelianensis III’ and Robert Kilwardby on the Prior Analytics ... 185 Christina Thomsen Thörnqvist 12. Demonstratio ad oculum and Demonstratio ad intellectum: Pronouns in Ps.-Jordan and Robert Kilwardby ... 199 Mary Sirridge and Karin Margareta Fredborg 13. A Note on articulatio and University Grammar ... 221 C. H. Kneepkens 14. Explanation and Defijinition in Thomas Aquinas’ Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics ... 239 Fabrizio Amerini 15. Aquinas, Scotus and Others on Naming, Knowing, and the Origin of Language ... 257 E. Jennifer Ashworth 16. Concrete Accidental Terms ... 273 Simo Knuuttila 17. Socrates desinit esse non desinendo esse: Limit-decision problems in Peter of Auvergne ... 287 Paloma Pérez-Ilzarbe 18. Does Loving Every Mean Loving Every Every, Even Non-existent Ones? Distribution and Universals in the Opus puerorum ... 305 Laurent Cesalli, Alain de Libera and Frédéric Goubier 19. Apparentia and modi essendi in Radulphus Brito’s Doctrine of the Concepts: The Concept of Being ... 337 Silvia Donati 20. Radulphus Brito on Common Names, Concepts and Things ... 357 Ana María Mora-Márquez 21. Radulphus Brito on Relations in his Questions on the Sentences ... 373 Costantino Marmo 22. Buridanian Possibilities ... 389 Calvin G. Normore 23. Marsilius of Inghen on the Principle of Non-Contradiction ... 403 Egbert P. Bos 24. Logic, Language and Medieval Political Thought ... 419 Roberto Lambertini Bibliography ... 433 Complete Bibliography of Sten Ebbesen ... 455 Index of Names ... 469 Index of Manuscripts ... 475

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Book SynopsisThe volume explores the hitherto uncharted late medieval religious landscape of Northern Germany, from 13th-century Helfta to the 15th-century Lüneburg convents. The mystical and devotional writing of Northern Germany is contextualised through chapters on the Netherlands, Scandinavia and East Prussia. The seminal influence of the liturgy on these texts and their transmission is revealed in the creative interplay of Latin and Low German. Through the individual chapters and their appendices, which also contain translations into English, the reader can access a wealth of texts produced by communities of religious and lay women who write learnedly in Latin and fervently in Low German. Together, the chapters and appendices reveal a fascinating regional "mystical culture" which also reverberated across Northern Europe. Contributors include: Jürgen Bärsch, Anne Bollmann, Veerle Fraeters, Ulrike Hascher-Burger, Ernst Hellgardt, Tanja Mattern, Balazs Nemes, Sara S. Poor, Eva Schlotheuber, Almut Suerbaum, and Geert Warnar.Table of ContentsPreface List of Contributors List of Maps List of Illustrations List of Textual Appendices to the Chapters 1 Introduction: Mysticism and Devotion in Northern Germany Elizabeth Andersen, Henrike Lähnemann and Anne Simon 2 Liturgy and Reform: Northern German Convents in the Late Middle Ages Jürgen Bärsch Part One Beginnings and Formations—Mystical Culture and the Helfta Circle 3 Hadewijch of Brabant and the Beguine Movement Veerle Fraeters 4 Transmission and Impact: Mechthild of Magdeburg’s Das fließende Licht der Gottheit Sara S. Poor 5 Text Production and Authorship: Gertrude of Helfta’s Legatus divinae pietatis Balázs J. Nemes 6 Latin and the Vernacular: Mechthild of Magdeburg— Mechthild of Hackeborn—Gertrude of Helfta Ernst Hellgardt Part Two Transmission, Transformation and Exchange—Devotional Culture and the Lüneburg Convents 7 Prelude: Northern Circulation of Fourteenth-Century Mystical Texts Geert Warnar 8 An Urban Housewife as a Saint for Prussia: Dorothea of Montau and Johannes Marienwerder Almut Suerbaum 9 Birgitta of Sweden in Northern Germany: Translation, Transmission and Reception Elizabeth Andersen 10 The Influence of the Devotio Moderna in Northern Germany Anne Bollmann 11 Religious Song and Devotional Culture in Northern Germany Ulrike Hascher-Burger 12 Liturgy and Performance in Northern Germany: Two Easter Plays from Wienhausen Tanja Mattern 13 Bilingual Devotion in Northern Germany: Prayer Books from the Lüneburg Convents Henrike Lähnemann 14 Intellectual Horizons: Letters from a Northern German Convent Eva Schlotheuber Illustrations Bibliography Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Jan Hus includes eleven substantial essays covering the central aspects of the life, thought and commemoration of Jan Hus († 1415), Czech theologian, reformer and martyr. Besides older experienced specialists in the Hussite studies, also younger researchers who enter the scientific discourse with new approaches participated in the volume. Experts and students alike will profit from this guide to Jan Hus, who was well known as follower of John Wyclif and forerunner of Martin Luther. Burning of Jan Hus at the stake at the Council of Constance gave rise in Bohemia to religious and social revolt that ushered the European reformations of the 16th century.Trade Review“a valuable resource for those seeking an introduction to the life and work of this important Czech reformer.” John T. Slotemaker, Fairfield University. In: Religious Studies Review, Vol. 42, No. 4 (December 2016), p. 302. “As a wide-ranging academic exploration of the life, work, and influence of this important figure of the medieval world, Šmahel and Pavlíček’s A Companion to Jan Hus is a long-awaited and warmly welcomed addition to Brill’s companions to the Christian tradition.” Severin V.Kitanov, Salem State University. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Fall 2016), pp. 713-714.Table of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction The Chronology of the Life and Work of Jan Hus Ota Pavlíček The Spiritual Background of the Czech Reformation Vilém Herold (†) Jan Hus as a Preacher Pavel Soukup The Sentences Commentary of Jan Hus Stephen E. Lahey The Vernacular Theology of Jan Hus Pavlína Rychterová The National Idea, Secular Power and Social Issues in the Political Theology of Jan Hus František Šmahel The causa Hus in Constance : disputatio aut inquisitio Sebastián Provvidente Second Life of Jan Hus. Liturgy, Commemoration & Music David Holeton & Hana Vlhová-Wörner Iconography of Jan Hus Milena Bartlová The History of the Interpretation of Jan Hus Zdeněk V. David Instead of Conclusion: A View into Hus’s Literary Workshop František Šmahel Select Bibliography General Index

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Book SynopsisIn Machiavelli’s Art of Politics Alejandro Bárcenas offers a reexamination of Niccolò Machiavelli’s political thought in order to propose a concise and historically accurate portrayal of his ideas and intellectual context. This study provides a nuanced view of the complexities of Machiavelli’s thought by analyzing his classical background, taking into particular consideration the influence of Xenophon, and his view of the ideal ruler as someone who creates the conditions for a flourishing human life. In addition, Bárcenas explains why Machiavelli defends a republican political order that encourages citizens to live according to their own laws while serving a common good and revises his legacy through the writings of Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin and Maurizio Viroli.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction Part 1 Machiavelli’s Background 1.1 Machiavellism 1.2 Why Xenophon matters 1.3 Advising the ruler 1.4 In search of virtue Part 2 Machiavelli’s Ruler 2.1 Against Augustinianism 2.2 Politics and morals 2.3 The political artist Part 3 Machiavelli’s Republic 3.1 Imperium et libertas 3.2 The Prince or the Discourses? 3.3 Liberty and the laws 3.4 Imperialism and violence Part 4 Machiavelli’s Legacy 4.1 Strauss: Machiavelli as the root of tyranny 4.2 Voegelin: Machiavelli in his context 4.3 Viroli: Machiavelli’s civic and religious reformation Appendix I The Prince (selections) Appendix II The Discourses (selections) Bibliography of works cited

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an overview together with a detailed examination of the life and ideas of a major thinker and protagonist of the first half of the fourteenth century, Richard FitzRalph (1300-60, Armachanus). A central figure in debates at Oxford, Avignon and Ireland, FitzRalph is perhaps best-known for his central role in the poverty controversies of the 1350s. Each of the chapters collected here sheds a different perspective on the many aspects of FitzRalph’s life and works, from his time at the University of Oxford, his role as preacher and pastoral concerns, his contacts with the Eastern Churches, and finally his case at the Papal court against the privileges granted to the Franciscans. His influence and later reputation is also examined. Contributors include: Michael W. Dunne, Jean-François Genest†, Michael Haren, Elżbieta Jung, Severin V. Kitanov, Stephen Lahey, Monika Michałowska, Simon Nolan O.Carm, Bridget Riley, Chris Schabel, and John T. SlotemakerTable of ContentsPreface List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction   Michael W. Dunne and Simon Nolan Part 1 Oxford Debates 1 Richard FitzRalph on Beatitude   Severin V. Kitanov 2 Mind as a Trinity of Intellect, Memory, and Will   Michael W. Dunne 3 FitzRalph on the Activity of the Will   Monika Michałowska 4 Controversy on Infinity between Richard FitzRalph and Richard Kilvington   Elżbieta Jung 5 Belief and the State of Grace FitzRalph, Wodeham, and Holcot on Faith, Theology, and Merit   Severin V. Kitanov and John T. Slotemaker 6 Richard FitzRalph vs William Skelton, 1331–1332 The Attribution of the “Determinationes” in a Florence Manuscript   Christoper Schabel 7 Richard FitzRalph and Future Contingents   Jean-François Genest Part 2 Influences and Reactions 8 Bishop Grandisson of Exeter, Richard FitzRalph’s Patron The Ideology of a Régime and Its Significance for FitzRalph’s Intellectual Biography   Michael Haren 9 Richard FitzRalph and the Friars Emergence and Course of the Conflict   Michael Haren 10 Wyclif, the Lollards, the Middle English Tradition   Bridget Riley 11 Dominium FitzRalph at Basel   Stephen Lahey 12 The Continental Reception of FitzRalph’s Philosophical Theology until the Council of Florence   Christoper Schabel 13 Views from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries   Simon Nolan Appendix 1 Manuscripts and Table of Quaestiones of the Lectura in Sententias Bibliography Indices

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Book SynopsisSmilen Markov’s monograph on the metaphysical synthesis of John Damascene depicts a paradox ontological structure: the single man, whose ontological position is conditioned by non-being, participates in the life of the Origin of being. The term ‘historical interconnections’ denotes the basic elements of Damascene’s reception strategy through which he approaches the Holy Scripture and the tradition of the fathers. The structural transformation to which different epochs and cultural circles put Damascene’s concepts reveals regularity in understanding the intellectual scope of the Palestinian monk. The reception of his thought could serve as an indicator for the stable mental structures, ‘framing’ the epoch turning-points in European culture for at least six centuries.Table of ContentsInhaltsverzeichnis Vorwort ix Abkürzungsverzeichnis xi Einführung 1 1 Der Autor 1 2 Die Werke 3 3 Stand der Forschung 6 4 Fragestellung 9 5 Methode 9 6 Struktur der Untersuchung 15 teil 1 Die Struktur des metaphysischen Systems des Damascenus 1 Erkenntniskonzept, Philosophiebegriff und Begriffsapparat 19 1 Methodologische Bemerkungen 19 2 Die Urbilder der Schrift ‚Dialectica‘ 20 3 Die ‚Institutio elementaris‘ – die philosophischen Konzepte 25 4 Das Buch ‚Dialectica‘ 33 5 Der Philosophiebegriff 42 6 Der Begriffsapparat 49 Schluss 81 2 Gotteserkenntnis und metaphysische Methode 84 1 Das Werk ‚De haeresibus‘ 85 2 Die metaphysische Methode 99 3 Die hypostatische Selbstheit als metaphysisches Problem 120 4 Die Trinität 132 Schluss 145 3 Anthropologische Themen bei Johannes Damascenus 147 1 Νόησις als anthropologischer und gnoseologischer Begriff 147 2 Lust als natürliche Wirkung und hypostatische Relation 165 3 Das Bildsystem 179 Schluss 201 4 Das Willenskonzept des Johannes Damascenus 203 1 Der Wille als Äußerung der hypostatischen Identität 204 2 Der Wille als Grenze des Eschatons 236 Schluss 255 Epilog des ersten Teils 257 teil 2 Die Rezeption des metaphysischen Systems des Johannes Damascenus Einführung zu Teil 2 261 5 Die Damascenus-Rezeption in der arabischen Welt und in Byzanz 262 1 Die Rezeption bei Theodor Abū Qurra 262 2 Die Rezeption des Johannes Damascenus durch den Patriarchen Photios den Großen 275 3 Die Rezeption bei Michael Psellos 298 6 Die Damascenus-Rezeption bei Gregorios Palamas 316 1 Die Rezeption in der Epistemologie 319 2 Trinitätslehre 329 3 ‚Energie‘ als Begriff der kataphatischen Theologie 337 4 Das Modell der Enhypostasierung 344 5 Die Vergöttlichung des Menschen 348 Schluss 363 7 Die Damascenus-Rezeption bei Petrus Lombardus 364 1 Ein Versuch der ‚Entmetaphysizierung‘ der Triadologie 366 2 Die Rezeption in der Christologie 375 8 Die Damascenus-Rezeption in der ‚Summa theologiae‘ des Thomas von Aquin 391 1 Die Damascenus-Rezeption in der Triadologie 391 2 Die Damascenus-Rezeption in der Christologie 403 3 Die Willenskonzepte des Thomas und des Johannes 417 Schluss 426 Epilog des zweiten Teils 428 Versuch einer Bilanz 431 Schemata 439 Zitierte und benutzte Sekundärliteratur 446 Namensregister 453 Sachregister 456 Contents v Acknowledgments vii Acknowledgments vii List of Figures

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Book SynopsisEdited and introduced by Robert Arp, Revisiting Aquinas’ Proofs for the Existence of God is a collection of new papers written by scholars focusing on the famous Five Proofs or Ways (Quinque Viae) for the existence of God put forward by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) near the beginning of his unfinished tome, Summa Theologica. It is not an exaggeration to say that not only is Aquinas’ Summa a landmark text in the history of Western philosophy and Christianity, but also that the Five Proofs discussed therein—namely, the arguments that conclude to the Unmoved Mover, Uncaused Cause, Necessary Being, Superlative Being, and Intelligent Director—are as compelling today as they were in the 13th Century. Written in a debate format with different scholars arguing for and against each Proof, the papers in the book consist of arguments utilizing various combinations of contemporary science and philosophical ideas to bolster the positions. The result is a revisiting of Aquinas’ Proofs that is relevant, stimulating, enlightening, and refreshing.Table of ContentsCONTENTS EDITORIAL FOREWORD KENNETH A. BRYSON INTRODUCTION ROBERT ARP THE FIRST PROOF One: A Motion to Reconsider: A Defense of Aquinas' Prime Mover Argument for the Existence of God HEATHER THORNTON MCRAE AND JAMES MCRAE Two: The Prime Mover Removed: A Contemporary Critique of Aquinas' Prime Mover Argument RICHARD GEENEN AND ROGER HUNT Three: A Response to Geenen and Hunt HEATHER THORNTON MCRAE AND JAMES MCRAE Four: A Response to McRae and McRae RICHARD GEENEN AND ROGER HUNT THE SECOND PROOF Five: The Relevance of Aquinas' Uncaused Cause Argument GAVEN KERR, OP Six: The Irrelevance of Aquinas' Uncaused Cause Argument HERB ROSEMAN Seven: A Response to Roseman GAVEN KERR, OP Eight: A Response to Kerr HERBERT ROSEMAN THE THIRD PROOF Nine: From Contingency to Necessary Being ADAM BARKMAN Ten: Problems with Aquinas' Third Way EDWARD MOAD Eleven: A Response to Moad ADAM BARKMAN Twelve: A Response to Barkman EDWARD MOAD THE FOURTH PROOF Thirteen: A Fourth Way to Prove God's Existence DAVID BECK Fourteen: Not So Superlative: The Fourth Way as Comparatively Problematic BENJAMIN W. MCCRAW Fifteen: A Response to McCraw EDWARD N. MARTIN Sixteen: A Response to Beck BENJAMIN W. MCCRAW THE FIFTH PROOF Seventeen: Aquinas' Fifth Way and the Possibility of Science MICHAEL HAYES Eighteen: Science and Nature without God KEVIN S. DECKER Nineteen: A Response to Decker MICHAEL HAYES Twenty: A Response to Hayes KEVIN S. DECKER WORKS CITED ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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Book SynopsisIn Machiavelli on Freedom and Civil Conflict: An Historical and Medical Approach to Political Thinking, Marie Gaille rethinks Machiavelli’s conception of civil conflict. In complete opposition to the common view of Machiavelli as a defender of tyranny, this analysis brings new elements to the forefront: the use of medical metaphors to describe the body politic, its historical lifespan and its institutional arrangement. This study is also based on a comprehensive approach to Machiavelli’s writings, including his most famous works, but also The History of Florence, his correspondence, and his political, military and diplomatic reports. This study allows Marie Gaille to propose an original assessment of Machiavelli’s insights for contemporary conceptions of democracy. This is a revised and translated edition of Conflit Civil et Liberté: la Politique Machiavelienne entre Histoire et Médecine, first published in French, in 2004 by Éditions Honoré Champion.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Foreword Matters of Method 1 Describing Hot Societies 2 Tumult in the City: Neither to Abuse, Nor to Deride, but to Understand 3 On Institutions Favourable to Freedom: Machiavelli’s Use of Humoural Theory 4 Corruption and the Ethos of Freedom 5 Rome, Inimitable Paradigm 6 Machiavelli as a Mirror for Contemporary Democracy, or How to Ruminate on His Writings Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume, Ordo et Sanctitas: The Franciscan Spiritual Journey in Theology and Hagiography, which celebrates the life and legacy of J. A. Wayne Hellmann, is comprised of articles written by colleagues, former students, and associates. The authors were invited to contribute their own articles within three broad categories corresponding with the areas in which Wayne has made a longstanding scholarly contribution: Franciscan hagiographical texts (especially Thomas of Celano); medieval theology and the Bonaventurian theological tradition; and the retrieval of the Franciscan tradition in a contemporary context. All of the essays in the volume build upon and expand in new directions the contributions of our honoree in these areas. Contributors are Regis J. Armstrong , Joshua C. Benson, Michael Blastic, Joseph Chinnici, Michael F. Cusato, Jacques Dalarun, J. Isaac Goff, Jay M. Hammond, Timothy J. Johnson, John Kruse, Steven J. McMichael, Juliet Mousseau, William Short, Laura Smit, and Katherine Wrisley Shelby.Trade Review"An interesting and insightful read, recommended to anyone wishing to learn more about ‘Franciscan stuff ’ (p. 111), from some of the most distinguished experts in the field." Bridget Riley, University of Reading in The Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies, 7 (2018), 317–319 ''This festschrift for Wayne Hellmann [...] focuses in fifteen essays on four distinct and yet interconnected themes, which can be linked to Hellmann’s lifelong scholarly interests in early Franciscan history and his engagement as a Conventual Franciscan within presentday society. Together, these essays give an inkling of Hellmann’s major intellectual and societal preoccupations and open a window on some cutting-edge developments in current Franciscan scholarship. Bert Roest, in Renaissance Quarterly, 72(1). ''Building upon Hellmann's work, the contributors come up with interesting texts, ideas, and insights, collectively making this festschrift a genuinely enriching addition to Franciscan and Bonaventurian studies''. Krijn Pansters in Speculum 94/3 (2019).

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Book SynopsisEns Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition presents a reading of Thomas Aquinas’ claim that “being” is the first object of the human intellect. Blending the insights of both the early Thomistic tradition (c.1380—1637AD) and the Leonine Thomistic revival (1879—present), Brian Kemple examines how this claim of Aquinas has been traditionally understood, and what is lacking in that understanding. While the recent tradition has emphasized the primacy of the real (so-called ens reale) in human recognition of the primum cognitum, Kemple argues that this misinterprets Aquinas, thereby closing off Thomistic philosophy to the broader perspective needed to face the philosophical challenges of today, and proposes an alternative interpretation with dramatic epistemological and metaphysical consequences.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Escaping the Framework of Modernity  Prefatory Notes on Terminology  Subject and Object, ens naturae and ens rationis  Ideoscopic and Cenoscopic  Concept, verbum mentis, species expressa  Ens ut primum cognitum and ens primum cognitum  Influential Approaches to Ens Primum Cognitum  Objectively and Socially-Constituted Reality  Thomas Aquinas: Intellectus Agens, Verbum Mentis, Relatio 1 The Latin Thomists and Ens Primum Cognitum  1.1 The Early Dispute: Setting the Stage   1.1.1 The Scotistic Foil  1.2 Thomas Cajetan and the Doctrine of Being   1.2.1 Cajetan’s Four Cognitions and Three Abstractions   1.2.2 The Doctrine of Analogy   1.2.3 Conclusion  1.3 John Poinsot, the Nature of Concepts and Ens ut Primum Cognitum   1.3.1 Objectivity and Conceptualization   1.3.2 De Primo Cognito   1.3.3 Objectivity and the Concept of Ens Primum Cognitum 2 Recent Thomistic Interpretations of Ens Primum Cognitum  2.1 Étienne Gilson’s “Metaphysical Realism”   2.1.1 Overcoming Critique   2.1.2 Abstraction and the Nature of the Concept   2.1.3 Realism vs. Idealism and the Question of Ens ut Primum Cognitum  2.2 Jacques Maritain   2.2.1 Maritain on Abstraction   2.2.2 Concept Formation   2.2.3 Maritain on Ens Primum Cognitum  2.3 Conclusion 3 The Intellectus Agens and Concept Formation  3.1 St. Thomas and the Obiectum Intellectus   3.1.1 Ens, ens ut verum, and ens intelligibile   3.1.2 Quod quid est, quid est, and quod quid erat esse   3.1.3 Quidditas rei and quidditas rei materialis  3.2 Intellectus Agens   3.2.1 Illuminare   3.2.2 Digression on Nature: Matter, Form, and Understanding   3.2.3 Abstrahere 4 The Discursion of Concept Formation  4.1 The Discursion of Intellectual Discovery   4.1.1 From Pre-Philosophical Cognition to Philosophical Science   4.1.2 Intellectual Discovery and the Philosophical Sciences  4.2 Formation of the Verbum Mentis   4.2.1 The Derivation of Primary Concepts   4.2.2 Terminus of Intellectual Operation and Intentional Fundamentum   4.2.3 Necessity of Composition   4.2.4 Definition and Quiddity  4.3 A Recursive Analysis of the Species Expressa   4.3.1 True and False Concepts   4.3.2 Species Expressae and Cognition-Dependent Objects   4.3.3 What is Inessential to Things is Essential to Our Concepts 5 Relation and Ens Primum Cognitum  5.1 What is Relation?   5.1.1 Relativa Secundum Esse   5.1.2 Relativa Secundum Dici   5.1.3 The Constitution of Cognition-Dependent Relative Being  5.2 Relations and Objectivity   5.2.1 Intellectual Apprehension of Relations   5.2.2 Interpretation and the Constitution of Objective Realities   5.2.3 “Reality”, “The Real”, and Objective Constitution 6 The Nature of Ens Primum Cognitum  6.1 Summary of Argument  6.2 The Nature of Ens Primum Cognitum   6.2.1 St. Thomas and the Resolutio ad Ens Primum Cognitum  6.3 Conclusion References Historically Layered

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Book SynopsisThis volume is devoted to the natural philosopher Bernardino Telesio (1509-1588) and his place in the scientific debates of the Renaissance. Telesio’s thought is emblematic of Renaissance culture in its aspiration towards universality; the volume deals with the roots and reception of his vistas from an interdisciplinary perspective ranging from the history of philosophy to that of physics, astronomy, meteorology, medicine, and psychology. The editor, Pietro Daniel Omodeo and leading specialists of intellectual history introduce Telesio’s conceptions to English-speaking historians of science through a series of studies, which aim to foster our understanding of a crucial early modern author, his world, achievement, networks, and influence. Contributors are Roberto Bondì, Arianna Borrelli, Rodolfo Garau, Giulia Giannini, Miguel Ángel Granada, Hiro Hirai, Martin Mulsow, Elio Nenci, Pietro Daniel Omodeo, Nuccio Ordine, Alessandro Ottaviani, Jürgen Renn, Riccarda Suitner, and Oreste Trabucco.Table of ContentsForeword Note on Contributors Introduction  Pietro Daniel Omodeo 1 The First of the Moderns: Telesio between Bacon and Galileo  Roberto Bondí 2 “Spiritus” and “anima a Deo immissa” in Telesio  Miguel Ángel Granada 3 Telesio, Aristotle, and Hippocrates on Cosmic Heat  Hiro Hirai 4 Heat and Moving Spirits in Telesio’s and Della Porta’s Meteorological Treatises  Arianna Borrelli 5 Telesian Controversies on the Winds and Meteorology  Oreste Trabucco 6 Telesio and the Renaissance Debates on Sea Tides  Pietro Daniel Omodeo 7 In Search of the True Nature of the Rainbow: Renewal of the Aristotelian Tradition in the Renaissance and the De Iride  Elio Nenci 8 A Conversation by Telesio: Sensualism, Criticism of Aristotle, and the Theory of Light in the Late Renaissance  Martin Mulsow 9 ‘Haereticorum more leges refellendi suas proponit’. At the Beginning of Telesian Censorship: an Annotated Copy of the 1565 Roman Edition  Alessandro Ottaviani 10 Reformation, Naturalism, and Telesianism: the Case of Agostino Doni  Riccarda Suitner 202 11 Between Myth and Reality: the Accademia Telesiana  Giulia Giannini 12 The Transformation of Final Causation: Telesio’s Theories of Self-Preservation and Motion  Rodolfo Garau Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLomazzo's Aesthetic Principles Reflected in the Art of his Time explores the work of the Milanese artist-theorist Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo (1538–92) and his influence on the circle of the Accademia della Val di Blenio and beyond. Following reflections on Lomazzo's fortuna critica, the accompanying essays examine his admiration of Gaudenzio Ferrari; Lomazzo’s painted oeuvre; his influence on printmaking with Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla; on drawing and painting with Aurelio Luini; on the decorative arts and the embroideress Caterina Cantoni; his pupils Giovanni Ambrogio Figino and Girolamo Ciocca; grotesque sculpture outside Milan; and Lomazzo in England with Richard Haydocke’s translation of the Trattato. In doing so, this book takes an innovative approach—one which aims to bridge the scholarship, hitherto disjoined, between Lomazzo the artist and Lomazzo the theorist—while expanding our knowledge of a protagonist of Renaissance and early modern art theory. Contributors: Alessia Alberti, Federico Cavalieri, Jean Julia Chai, Roberto Paolo Ciardi, Alexander Marr, Silvia Mausoli, Mauro Pavesi, Rossana Sacchi, Paolo Sanvito, and Lucia Tantardini.Table of ContentsPreface  Lucia Tantardini Foreword: Lomazzo's Temple  Roberto Paolo Ciardi Acknowledgements List of Figures and Maps List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Notes Chronology of Lomazzo’s Life and Career Introduction: Lomazzo Studies: Getting the Whole Picture  Jean Julia Chai 1 ‘Oh blessed, excellent mind and hands!’: Lomazzo’s Admiration for Gaudenzio Ferrari  Rossana Sacchi 2 New Light on Lomazzo’s Artistic Career  Mauro Pavesi 3 Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla: Poet, Painter, Draughtsman, and Printmaker between Milan and Rome  Alessia Alberti 4 Lomazzo vs. Luini: Comparative Aesthetics  Lucia Tantardini 5 ‘De la gran Cantona i chiari honori’: Caterina Cantoni, Lomazzo, and the Accademia della Val di Blenio  Silvia Mausoli 6 Lomazzo’s Two Pupils: ‘first is Figino, and then Ciocca’  Federico Cavalieri and Mauro Pavesi 7 Lomazzo’s Influence on Decorative Patterns in Sculptural Workshops Before and After 1600  Paolo Sanvito Afterword: Lomazzo's Shadow  Alexander Marr Appendices Bibliography Index of Proper Names Index of Places

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays presents new insights into what shaped and constituted the Renaissance and early modern views of fate and fortune. It argues that these ideas were emblematic of a more fundamental argument about the self, society, and the universe and shows that their influence was more widespread, both geographically and thematically, than hitherto assumed.Trade Review“A valuable panorama of themes and perspectives on the subject.” Per Landgren, University of Oxford. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 77, No. 2 (Summer 2023), pp. 748–749.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Note on Contributors Introduction: Not Simple Twists of Fate  Ovanes Akopyan Part 1: The Concept of Fate in Philosophy and Theology 1 Renaissance Consolations: Philosophical Remedies for Fate and Fortune  John Sellars 2 Coluccio Salutati and the Humanist Critique of Fate  Paul Richard Blum 3 Fate, Providence, and Fortuna in Giordano Bruno’s Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast  Elisabeth Blum 4 Fortune and Fate in the Philosophy of Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655): Balancing between Freedom and Necessity  Jo Coture Part 2: Political and Social Context 5 Fate and Fortune in Machiavelli’s Anatomy of the Body Politic  Guido Giglioni 6 “Fortune is a Mistresse”: Figures of Fortune in English Renaissance Poetry  Orlando Reade 7 The Game of Art and Chance: Lottery, Fortune, and Fatum in the Low Countries in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries  Sophie Raux Part 3: Artistic Considerations 8 Renaissance Iconology of Fate  Damiano Acciarino 9 Fortune, Fate and Providential Design in Georges de La Tour  Dalia Judovitz 10 Ptolemy, Fortune, and Politics: A Case of the Reception of Western Scholarship in Early Modern Russia  Ovanes Akopyan Bibliography Index Nominum

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Book SynopsisSince antiquity, philosophers have investigated how change works. If a thing moves from one state to another, when exactly does it start to be in its new state, and when does it cease to be in its former one? In the late Middle Ages, the "problem of the instant of change” was subject to considerable debate and gave rise to sophisticated theories; it became popular and controversial again in the second half of the twentieth century. The studies collected here constitute the first attempt at tackling the different aspects of an issue that, until now, have been the object of seminal but isolated forays. They do so in through a historical perspective, offering both the medieval and the contemporary viewpoints. Contributors are Damiano Costa, Graziana Ciola, William O. Duba, Simo Knuuttila, Greg Littmann, Can Laurens Löwe, Graham Priest, Magali Roques, Niko Strobach, Edith Dudley Sylla, Cecilia Trifogli and Gustavo Fernández Walker.Table of ContentsIntroduction  Frédéric Goubier and Magali Roques Indivisible Temporal Boundaries from Aristophanes until Today  Niko Strobach Change and Contradiction in Henry of Ghent  Simo Knuuttila The Blessed Virgin and the Two Time-Series: Hervaeus Natalis and Durand of St. Pourçain on Limit Decision  Can Laurens Löwe Quasi-Aristotelians and Proto-Scotists  William O. Duba Walter Burley on the Incipit and Desinit of an Instant of Time  Cecilia Trifogli Mathematics and Physics of First and Last Instants: Walter Burley and William of Ockham  Edith Dudley Sylla William of Ockham on the Instant of Change  Magali Roques Nicholas of Autrecourt’s Quaestio de intensione visionis Revisited: The scola Oxoniensis and Parisian Masters on Limit Decision Problems  Gustavo Fernández Walker Marsilius of Inghen on incipit and desinit in Consequentiae II, Chapters 4-5 With an Edition of the Text  Graziana Ciola The Limit Decision Problem and Four-Dimensionalism  Damiano Costa Contradiction and the Instant of Change Revisited  Graham Priest Contradictory Change  Greg Littmann Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume collects essays which are thematically connected through the work of Kent Emery Jr., to whom the volume is dedicated. A main focus lies on the attempts to bridge the gap between mysticism and a systematic approach to medieval philosophical thought. The essays address a wide range of topics concerning (a) the nature of the human soul (in philosophical and theological discourse); (b) medieval theories of cognition (natural and supernatural), self-knowledge and knowledge of God; (c) the human soul’s contemplation of, and union with, God; (d) the tradition of “the modes of theology” in the Middle Ages; (e) the relation between philosophy and theology. Various articles are dedicated to major figures of the 13th and 14th century philosophy, others display new material based on critical editions. Contributors are Jan A. Aertsen, Stephen Brown, Bernardo Carlos Bazán, William J. Courtenay, Alfredo Santiago Culleton, Silvia Donati, Bernd Goehring, Guy Guldentops, Daniel Hobbins, Roberto Hofmeister Pich, Georgi Kapriev, Steven P. Marrone, Stephen M. Metzger, Timothy B. Noone, Mikolaj Olszewski, Alessandro Palazzo, Garrett R. Smith, Andreas Speer, Carlos Steel, Loris Sturlese, Chris Schabel, Christian Trottmann, and Gordon A. Wilson.Table of ContentsEditorial Preface and Acknowledgements List of Contributors Curriculum vitae Kent Emery, Jr. Publications by Kent Emery, Jr. Introduction Part 1 Conceptual Approaches 1 Les notions de puissance et d’ harmonie chez Porphyre  Stephen Gersh 2 La philosophie comme considération, la contemplation et ses moyens selon Bernard de Clairvaux  Christian Trottmann 3 Contemplation and Philosophy: A Historical and Systematic Approach  Andreas Speer 4 The Two “Late Middle Ages”  William J. Courtenay 5 Die scotische Unterscheidung von Essenz und Energie bei Georgios Scholarios und die inneren Quellen der palamitischen Tradition  Georgi Kapriev Part 2 Struggling with Philosophy 6 What a Philosopher May Learn from Theologians. Albert the Great on the Principles of Movement in Humans (De anima III, 9–11)  Carlos Steel 7 Dreams and Divinatory Dreams in Albert the Great’s Liber de somno et vigilia  Silvia Donati 8 Thomas Aquinas, Roger Bacon and the Magicians on the Power of Words  Steven P. Marrone 9 Can It be Proved, Following Thomas’s Philosophical Principles, That the Human Soul is Naturally Incorruptible?  Bernardo Carlos Bazán 10 Henry of Ghent on Knowledge, Remembrance, and the Order of Cognitive Acts: The Problematic Legacy of Thomas Aquinas  Bernd Goehring Part 3 Understanding Theology 11 The Parts of Henry of Ghent’s Quaestiones Ordinariae (Summa)  Gordon A. Wilson 12 A Thomist Facing the Challenge of Henry of Ghent. An Edition and Study of Distinction 2 from James of Metz’s Commentary on Book I of the Sentences  Mikołaj Olszewski  Iacobus Metensis, Quaestiones in I Librum Sententiarum Distinctio 2 13 James of Metz’s Lectura on the Sentences  Chris Schabel  Tabula Quaestionum 14 Peter Aureoli’s Various Uses of Averroes to Illustrate the Sapiential Character of Declarative Theology  Stephen Brown Part 4 The First Known 15 Primum cognitum at the End of the 13th Century: Raymundus Rigaldus and Duns Scotus  Timothy B. Noone  Raymundus Rigaldus, Quaestiones disputatae, qq. 1–3 (Ex codice Todi, Bibl. commun., Ms. 98, f. 51rb et seq. = T) 16 Esse consecutive cognitum: A Fourteenth-Century Theory of Divine Ideas  Garrett R. Smith  ⟨Iacobi de Aesculo⟩ ⟨Quaestio ordinaria 4⟩ | Quaeritur utrum notitia actualis creaturae praesupponatur in Deo notitiae habituali eiusdem Part 5 Meister Eckhart’s Legacy 17 More Than One Eckhart? The Parisian Eckhart and the ‘Opus tripartitum’—The Need for a More Homogeneous Picture of His Thought  Jan A. Aertsen (†) 18 Eckhart and the Power of the Imagination  Alessandro Palazzo 19 Locutio emphatica: Argumentative Strategies in Meister Eckhart’s German Sermons  Loris Sturlese Part 6 Mystical Theology and Contemplation 20 The Tractatus de mistica theologia by Ioannes de Indagine, O.Cart († 1475)  Stephen M. Metzger  Ioannis de Indagine Tractatus de mistica theologia 21 A Newly Discovered Recension of Gerson’s Annotatio doctorum aliquorum qui de contemplatione locuti sunt: Evidence for Gerson’s Reading of De imitatione Christi?  Daniel Hobbins  Appendix A: Contents of Giessen, Universitätsbibliothek, Hs. 763  Appendix B: Annotatio quorundam doctorum qui de contemplatione locuti sunt. Venerabilis magistri Johannis Gerson Part 7 Prospects of the Second Scholastic 22 Alfonso Briceño O.F.M. (1587–1668) on John Duns Scotus’s Metaphysical Groundworks of Theology: The Controversies on Infinity  Roberto Hofmeister Pich 23 Antonio Ruiz de Montoya’s Firestone of Divine Love (Sílex del divino amor): The Spiritual Journey of a Jesuit among the Guaraní  Alfredo Santiago Culleton 24 Hyacinthe de Chalvet on Beauty—Keeping Up Anti-Scholastic Appearances  Guy Guldentops Index codicum Index nominum

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Book SynopsisIn Kreative Gegensätze Marcel Bubert analyses the debates among medieval scholastics on the social usefulness of learned knowledge in their specific social and cultural contexts. In particular, he shows how the skepticism towards the scholars as well as the tensions between the University of Paris, the French royal court, and the citizens of Paris had profound effects on the scientific community, and led to very different views on the utility of philosophy.Table of ContentsInhalt Vorwort 1 Einleitung  1.1 Das Problem  1.2 Gegenstand, Profil und Disposition  1.3 Methodologische Vorbemerkungen: Mittelalterliche Wissenschaftsgeschichte 2 Die Pariser Artistenfakultät im 13. und frühen 14. Jahrhundert: Sozialisation und Identität  2.1 Enthusiasmus und amor sciendi  2.2 Aristoteles-Rezeption? Text und Kontext  2.3 Sozialisationsformen der Artes-Fakultät  2.4 Interaktion und Kohäsion: Lehre als kulturelle Praxis  2.5 Jenseits der Grenze: Das Fremde und das Eigene  2.6 Pariser ‚Philosophen‘ vor und nach 1277  2.7 Der Name der Philosophen – Anmerkungen zum philosophus des Mittelalters 3 Praktisches und unpraktisches Wissen, Wissensträger und Experten: Philosophie im universitären Raum  3.1 Der artistische Wissensbestand im 13. Jahrhundert  3.2 Praktisches Wissen?  3.3 Unpraktisches Wissen?  3.4 Der Kommunikationsraum der Artistenfakultät – Nichts als die Wahrheit  3.5 Philosophisches Auswärtsspiel: Die Kommunikationsräume der ‚oberen‘ Fakultäten  3.6 Das Gleiche nochmal anders: Gelehrte Experten an der Universität Paris 4 Kreative Ambivalenzen: Das offene System und seine Feinde  4.1 Magni litterati inexperti – Buchwissen zwischen Autorität und Kritik  4.2 Der Kaiser und der Fürst der Philosophen  4.3 Zwischenresümee: Zwei kritische Experten  4.4 Urbane Dissonanzen: „Scolares artium“ und praktische Wissenskultur 5 Krisis und Verwandlung: Alternative Entwürfe im 13. Jahrhundert  5.1 Der Grammatiker, die Logiker und die Gesellschaft  5.2 Mediale Praxis, Wissensordnung und Kritik: An Italian in Paris  5.3 Methodologische Zwischenreflexion  5.4 Toter Autor, Modernist, Reaktionär: Roger Bacons philosophische Sonderwege  5.5 Epigonen, Propheten und Revolutionäre: Große Ereignisse werfen ihre Schatten (voraus?)  5.6 Urbane Harmonien: Empirismus und Praxisdiskurs in der Musiktheorie  5.7 Freiheitskämpfe und ästhetische Revolutionen. Deutungsgeschichte Johannes de Grocheios – eine Diskursanalyse 6 Nutzlose, skeptische und alternative Akteure: Zwischenbetrachtung und Überleitung  6.1 Pour un autre Moyen ge? Was das bisher Gesagte über das Mittelalter sagt  6.2 The End of the Story? 7 Der Geist kehrt in sich zurück, oder: Die Geburt einer modernen Dialogik  7.1 Praktiken der Legitimation – und ihre epistemischen Rückkopplungen  7.2 Die stille Revolution: Eine neue Rolle der experientia 8 Das Mittelalter ist nie modern gewesen – Rückblicke, Reflexionen und Aussichten Quellenverzeichnis Literaturverzeichnis Register

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Book SynopsisInvestigating the oeuvre of the Italian humanist Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481), this collection is the first to make extensive use of the critical editions of Filelfo’s numerous writings – in particular of his Epistolarium, published in 2016 by Jeroen De Keyser, who also edited this volume. Uncovering a lot of new information not previously mentioned in the literature on Filelfo, twelve specialized scholars draw attention to long-neglected material, shedding new light on Filelfo’s intellectual endeavors and his literary journey between Greek and Latin. This illuminating collection offers historians of ideas as well as literary scholars and Neo-Latinists new inroads into Filelfo’s vast oeuvre, and through it to the world of Quattrocento humanism. Contributors include: Jean-Louis Charlet, Guy Claessens, Jeroen De Keyser, Tom Deneire, Ide François, James Hankins, Noreen Humble, Gary Ianziti, Han Lamers, David Marsh, John Monfasani, and Jan Papy.Trade Review"...ricca miscellanea [...] con una bibliografia corposa e un prezioso indice dei nomi." Simone Miolano, Università Firenze, in Medioevo greco, vol. 20, pp. 404-405.Table of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction: A Century of Filelfo Studies  Jeroen De Keyser Greekness Filelfo and the Byzantines  John Monfasani Hellenism and Cultural Unease in Italian Humanism: The Case of Francesco Filelfo  Han Lamers Philosophy Filelfo’s Plato: Always Already There  Guy Claessens Epicureanism and Stoicism in Francesco Filelfo’s Letters: A Reconsideration  Jan Papy Histories Filelfo and the Spartans  James Hankins Filelfo and the Writing of History  Gary Ianziti Rivalry Erudition, Emulation and Enmity in the Dedication Letters to Filelfo’s Greek to Latin Translations  Noreen Humble Francesco Filelfo as a Writer of Invective  David Marsh Form La métrique latine de Filelfo: épopée, satire, élégie, ode  Jean-Louis Charlet Filelfo, Cicero and Epistolary Style: A Computational Study  Tom Deneire Bibliography Index Nominum

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Book SynopsisThis book highlights the famous ‘Athenian tribe’: a group of humanist scholars in the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth I, who resolved many difficult problems concerning the Tudor succession, diplomacy, and the English Church. They included Sir John Cheke as their early leader, and with him, Roger Ascham, Thomas Smith, and John Ponet. William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Queen Elizabeth’s invaluable chief minister, was the most influential of them all. The Cambridge Connection explores the interdependency of scholarship, politics, and religion in the sixteenth century. The ‘Athenian tribe’ was essential to the shaping of mid-Tudor cultural life. They left a lasting imprint on early modern England.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements   Susan Wabuda Abbreviations Notes on Contributors  Introduction The Cambridge Connection in Tudor Politics, Religion and Learning   Susan Wabuda and John F. McDiarmid Part 1 The Starting Point for the Athenians: Classical Rhetoric and Its Tudor Applications 1 Perfecting Eloquence, Perfecting England The Pattern of Cambridge Humanist Thought   John F. McDiarmid 2 Disputed Sounds Thomas Smith on the Pronunciation of Ancient Greek – Representing the Evanescent in Sound and Image   Richard Simpson 3 John Cheke’s Greek Scholarship in Translation   Andrew W. Taylor Part 2 Cambridge Humanists and the English Reformation 4 `We Walk as Pilgrims’ Agnes Cheke and Cambridge, c. 1500–1549   Susan Wabuda 5 New Perspectives on Cambridge’s Role in the Religious Reformation Roger Ascham and the Early Edwardian Religious Debates at the University   Lucy Rachel Nicholas 6 The Cambridge Connection and the ‘Strangeness’ of Italian Reformers, 1547–1556   M. Anne Overell Part 3 Cambridge Humanists and the Polity 7 ‘Commonweal Men’ and the Government of Mid–Tudor England   Alan Bryson 8 Civil Instruction Ordering the Godly Commonweal in John Cheke’s Marital Correspondence   Cathy Shrank 9 The Cambridge Connection and the Shaping of the Elizabethan State   Norman Jones 10 The Cambridge Connection and the Early Elizabethan Diplomatic Corps   Tracey A. Sowerby 11 A Continuing Connection The Cambridge group and the University of Cambridge, c. 1547–1598   Ceri Law 12 The End of the Cambridge Connection   Glyn Parry Index

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