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Book SynopsisAncient and Medieval Philosophy-Series 2, No. 37The Stadsbibliotheek of Brugge houses a manuscript (ms. 510, f. 227ra-237vb) that holds a short logical text on the Syncategoremata. In this manuscript the text is ascribed to Henry of Ghent, who was a leading thinker of the second half of the thirteenth century. If Henry wrote the text, he had much more technical knowledge of logic and semantics than is often imagined. The text was influenced by the logical works of Peter of Spain.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTSFOREWORDINTRODUCTION― Bibliography to the IntroductionEDITION― Argumentum― Symbols:1. In the Text Itself2. In the Critical Apparatus― Abbreviations:1. In the Critical Apparatus2. In the Apparatus of Citations— Symbol of the Manuscript— PhotographSYNCATEGOREMATATABLES— Works Cited by Henry(?)— List of Sophismata— Onomastic Table— Table of Photographs— Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisFirst ever edition of the Latin translation of Ptolemy’s masterwork. This is the first edition ever of Moerbeke’s Latin translation of Ptolemy’s celebrated astrological handbook, known under the title Tetrabiblos or Quadripartitum (opus). Ptolemy’s treatise (composed after 141 AD) offers a systematic overview of astrological science and had, together with his Almagest, an enormous influence up until the 17th century. In the Latin Middle Ages the work was mostly known through translations from the Arabic. William of Moerbeke’s translation was made directly from the Greek and it is a major scholarly achievement manifesting not only Moerbeke’s genius as a translator, but also as a scientist. The edition is accompanied by extensive Greek-Latin indices, which give evidence of Moerbeke’s astonishing enrichment of the Latin vocabulary, which he needed both to translate the technical scientific vocabulary and to cope with the many new terms Ptolemy created. The introduction examines Moerbeke’s translation method and situates the Latin translation within the tradition of the Greek text. This edition makes possible a better assessment of the great medieval translator and also contributes to a better understanding of the Greek text of Ptolemy’s masterwork.Trade Review'Gudrun Vuillemin-Diem und Carlos Steel ist zu danken, dass sie den Wissenschaftshistorikern und Philologen, die sich mit der Rezeption der Tetrabiblos, eines in seiner Wirkmächtigkeit kaum zu überschätzenden antiken Textes, beschäftigen, ein vorzügliches Arbeitsinstrument vorgelegt haben.'Klaus Geus, Editionen in der Kritik, vol. 10 * Editionen in der Kritik *"In conclusion, the volume is not only a landmark in Ptolemaic studies, but Chapter V and the apparatus to William’s translation also make it an indispensable companion for readers of the Greek Tetrabiblos."Levente László, Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 50 Issue 2, May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1177/0021828619840510Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter I: Manuscript Tradition of the Translation 1. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 179, ff. 171r-208v (Ox) 2. Venezia, Bibl. Marciana, lat. XIV, 242 (= 4295), ff. 1r-12v (Ve) 3. The relation of the two manuscripts Chapter II: William of Moerbeke Translator of the Ludiciala 1. Attribution of the translation to William of Moerbeke 1.1. External arguments 1.2. Internal arguments: an analysis of the translation method 1.2.1. Particles, conjunctions, prepositions, adverbs 1.2.2. Vocabulary 1.2.3. Syntax 1.3. Special character of the translation 1.4. When was the translation made? 2. Moerbeke: a translator with an interest in science 2.1. Astrological terms 2.2. Medical terms 2.3. Translation of hapax legomena and rare terms 2.4. Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus 3. Moerbeke and Plato of Tivoli Conclusion Chapter III: The Reception of Moerbeke's Translation 1. Henricus Bate 2. Agostino Nifo Chapter IV: The Greek Text and the Translation A. The tradition of the Greek text 1. The Vaticanus graecus 1038 and related manuscripts 2. The tradition besides V 2.1. Class βγ 2.2. Class α 2.3. Bipartition of the text tradition 3. The indirect tradition B. The Greek model of Moerbeke’s translation 1. Principal characteristic of G: a representative of branch ψ 1.1. G agrees with V (L) alone against variants of all other witnesses 1.2. G is dependent neither from V nor L 1.3. Bipartition of the tradition: G with V (L) alone against common readings of α βγ 60 2. G with other witnesses against V (L) 2.1. Relations of G with readings of (Σ) βγ against V Y (or V α) 2.2. G: relations with α 3. G different from the whole tradition 3.1. Two important cases 3.2. G agrees with coniectures of Hübner 3.3. Glosses in G 3.4. The omission of Ptolemy’s table of termsConclusionAddendumChapter V: The Contribution of Moerbeke’s Translation to the Edition of the Greek Text 1. Book I 2. Book II 3. Book III 4. Book IV Appendix I: The Astrological Note Translated by Moerbeke Appendix II: The Conclusion of the Apotelesmatica Editorial Principles 1. Text 2. Latin apparatus 3. Greek-Latin comparative apparatus Bibliography Claudii Ptolemaei Liber Ludicialium translatio Guillelmi de Morbeka Conspectus siglorum LIBER I Cap. primum: Prohemium Cap. 2m: Quod pronosticatio per astronomiam sit possibilis et usque ad quid Cap. 3m: Quod etiam sit proficua Cap. 4m: De uirtute errantium astrorum Cap. 5m: De beneficis et maleficis Cap. 6m: De masculinis et femininis Cap. 7m: De diurnis et nocturnis Cap. 8m: De uirtute configurationum ad solem Cap. 9m: De stellarum fixarum uirtute Cap. 10m: De temporibus anni Cap. 11m: De uirtute angulorum Cap. 12m: De tropicis et equinoctialibus et fixis et bicorporeis signis Cap. 13m: De masculinis et femininis signis Cap. 14m: De signis duodecim que ad inuicem configurantur Cap. 15m: De imperantibus et obedientibus similiter signis Cap. 16m: De aspicientibus et equipotentibus inuicem signis Cap. 17m: De inconnexis Cap. 18m: De domibus uniuscuiusque planete Cap. 19m: De triplicitatibus Cap. 20m: De exaltationibus Cap. 21m: De terminorum dispositione Cap. 22m: De locis et partibus uniuscuiusque Cap. 23m: De faciebus et claritatibus et talibus Cap. 24m: De coniunctionibus et refluxionibus et aliis uirtutibus LIBER II Cap. primum: Diuisio totius intentionis Cap. 2m: De proprietatibus secundum omnia climata Cap. 3m: De conuenientia regionum ad trigonalitates et ad stellas Cap. 4m: Expositio regionum que referuntur ad unumquodque signorum Cap. 5m: Accessus in particulares effectus eclipsium Cap. 6m: De consideratione dispositarum regionum Cap. 7m: De tempore effectuum Cap. 8m: De genere [autem] dispositorum Cap. 9m: De qualitate ipsius effectus Cap. 10m: De coloribus eclipsium et cometarum et talium Cap. 11m: De innouatione anni Cap. 12m: De particulari animalium natura ad consistentias Cap. 13m: De particulari consideratione consistentiarum Cap. 14m: De ea que ex metheoris significatione LIBER III Cap. primum: Prohemium Cap. 2m: De seminatione et partu Cap. 3m: De gradu horoscopi Cap. 4m [3]: Quomodo oportet accipere horoscopum Cap. 5m [4]: Diuisio geneatici sermonis Cap. 6m [5]: De parentibus Cap. 7m [6]: De fratribus Cap. 8m [7]: De masculinis et femininis Cap. 9m [8]: De gemellis Cap. 10m [9]: De monstris Cap. 11m [10]: De non cibatis Cap. 12m [11]: De annis uite Cap. 13m [12]: De forma et complexione corporali Cap. 14m [13]: De lesura et passionibus Cap. 15m [14]: De qualitate anime Cap. 16m [15]: De passionibus animalibus LIBER IV Cap. primum: Prohemium Cap. 2m: De fortuna possessoria Cap. 3m: De fortuna dignitatiua Cap. 4m: De qualitate operationis Cap. 5m: De coniugiis Cap. 6m: De natis Cap. 7m: De amicis et inimicis Cap. 8m: De peregrinatione Cap. 9m: De qualitate mortis Cap. 10m: De temporum diuisione I. Index graeco-latinus II. Index latino-graecus III. Supplementum latinum

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Book SynopsisThe editon of Henry of Ghent's Quodlibet VII makes available the critical text of an influential work. Written near the end of 1282, this Quodlibet is perhaps best known because it contains Henry's initial discussion of the papal bull Ad fructus uberes, which had granted certain exaggerated privileges to the mendicants. Henry's text puts forward arguments which limit wide interpretations of the bull and sets forth a position which favors the secular clergy. These arguments set the stage for discussions of the privileges granted by the papal bull. Indeed, Richard of Mediavilla in his Quaestio Privilegii Papae Martini makes a case for the mendicants by addressing the arguments of Quodlibet VII point by point. Henry himself reiterates and elaborates his arguments in subsequent Quodlibetaand in the Tractatus super facto praelatorum et fratrum. His analyses of Ad fructus uberes lead to discussions of poverty in the religious life, which Henry argues is not a perfection but a means to perfection.Quodlibet VII also treats more philosophical matters, e.g. transcendentals, God's essence and knowledge, knowledge of the divine essence, genus, difference, matter, relation, quantity, human knowledge, and the human body. In addition, the text contains a response to some claims in Berthaud of Saint denis' Quodlibet I, q17. This fellow secular master has not been studied or edited, but he emerges here and in the Tractatus as a secular master with whom Henry disagreed.The edited text was established from the manuscript PARIS, Bibl. Nat., lat. 15350 and from manuscripts copied from a first university exemplar in paris. Three manuscripts, copied from a possible second exemplar, are collated for on pecia only. The critical study explains the editiorial method, which is complicated by two facts. First, the text of Quodlibet VII in the manuscript PARIS, Bibl. Nat., lat. 15350 seems to be copied from two different models. There is a noticeable change of ink in the text at the beginning of question 23. The text of this manuscript prior to this change is rather sonsestently superior to the first university exemplar. After this change, the text although occasionally equal or superior to the text of the first university exemplar, will often need to be coorected by the readings of the first exemplar. The second complication is that for three of the peciae, specifically peciae 10, 11, and 13, the manuscripts that depend on this exemplar form definite subgroups, probably because these peciae were either corrected or replaced.Table of ContentsCritical Study Introduction The editions and the manuscripts Historical elements used for the reconstruction of the text: the text examined exteriorly The general relationships of the manuscripts: the text examined interiorly Ms. 25 and the university exemplar The reconstitution of the text of Quodlibet VII History of the text of Quodlibet VII The general tradition of Quodlibet VII represented by a diagram Technique of the edition Symbols of the manuscript Quodlibet VIITables

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Book SynopsisIl s'agit du temoin le plus ancien d'un cours portant sur les livres II et III au complet du Traite de l'ame d'Aristote. Le cours, enseigne a la Faculte des Arts d'une Universite difficile a preciser (Paris?), est un exemple paradigmatique de la methode litterale (ce qui a permis de reconstituer la version de la Vetus utilisee par le maitre, que l'on pourra ajouter au dossier de l'Aristoteles Latinus) et un temoin precieux de la premiere "reception" d'Aristote. Le texte permet de constater le retrait d'Avicenne et l'influence croissante d'Averroes (dont le role est cependant purement instrumental, subordonne a l'intelligence purement philosophique du texte d'Aristote). Aucune des grandes doctrines personnelles du "commentateur" n'est retenue par le maitre. Dans l'etude doctrinale du texte on met en valeur les points du commentaire (nature et puissances de l'ame, l'intellect et les modes de connaissance), et on offre un tableau des doctrines psychologiques professees par les maitres des arts avant 1250 : John Blund, Pierre d'Espagne et d'autres maitres anonymes (tableau complete par un apparat de sources tres riche).On critique la notion de "premier Averroisme", car la notion de l'intellect agent comme puissance de l'ame semble etre une contribution proprement "latine" a l'exegese du De anima. Finalement, on prouve que saint Thomas a eu connaissance de ce commentaire anonyme et qu'il en depend dans sa propre lecture d'Aristote. Cela met en perspective l'originalite de saint Thomas et souligne la contribution des maitres des arts a l'histoire de l'Aristotelisme medieval.

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Book SynopsisCritical study of the ‘second part’ of Henry’s Summa devoted to the Persons of the Trinity Henry of Ghent’s Summa, art. 53-55, was composed shortly after Christmas of 1281, at the height of Henry’s teaching career in the Theology Faculty at the University in Paris. These questions, which begin the ‘second part’ of his Summa, are devoted to the Persons of the Trinity. They contain Henry’s philosophical analyses of the theoretical concepts person, relation, and universals. The text has been reconstructed based upon manuscripts copied from a first and second Parisian university exemplar. In the critical study that precedes the Latin text, the editors argue that the manuscript, Biblioteca VATICANA, Borghese 17, which contains the texts of these articles and which has, in the latter part of this manuscript, many of the features of an exemplar divided into pecia, could not have been the exemplar divided into pecia for these particular articles. The volume concludes with the typical tables. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Table of ContentsForeword Critical Study The Editions and Manuscripts The Editions The Manuscripts The Text Examined Exteriorly: Historical and Codicological Elements Used For the Establishment of the Text §1. The Authorship and Date of Summa, art. 53-55 §2. Summa, art. 53-55: Distributed Means of Two Successive Exemplars by the University in Paris A. The First University Exemplar B. The Second University Exemplar The Text Examined Interiorly: The Relationships Among the Manuscripts, Established by a General Test Collation §1. The Common Accidents A. The Groups of Manuscripts Characterized by the Number of Common Accidents B. The Groups of Manuscripts Characterized Individually 1. Manuscript B” (Bibl. Vaticana, Borgh. 17) 2. The Group of Manuscripts Dependent upon the First Exemplar of the University in Paris 3. A Group of Vatican Manuscripts Dependent upon the Manuscript Vat, Vat. lat. 854 (= ms. 16, i.e. I’) 4. The Second Parisian University Exemplar §2. The Isolated Accidents Manuscript 13 (Biblioteca Vaticana, ms. Borghese 17) (=B”) and the First Parisian University Exemplar Summa, art. 53-55: A Text Stemming From a Parisian University Exemplar Tradition §1. The Reconstruction of the Texts of the Two Exemplars §2. A Comparison of the Texts of the First and Second Exemplars of Articles 53-55 A. The First Parisian Exemplar Compared to the Second Parisian University Exemplar B. The Manuscript Brussel/Bruxelles, Koninklijke Biblioteek/ Bibliothèque Royale IV 1202 (=ms. 2, i.e. E’): Its Relation to the First and Second Parisian Exemplars The References in Summa, art. 53-55Previous Editions of the Summa, art. 53-55 The Genesis of the Exemplars, Represented by a Diagram Techniques of the Edition §1. The Establishment of the Latin text §2. The Conventions Used in the Latin Text Symbols 1. In the Text Itself 2. In the Critical Apparatus Abbreviations 1. In the Critical Apparatus 2. In the Apparatus of Citations Sigla of the Manuscripts and the Abbreviations of the Editions Photographs Summa, art. 53-54art. 53: De modo essendi personas in Deo q. 1 Utrum sit ponere personam esse in Deo q. 2 Utrum persona habeat esse in Deo proprie an transsumptive q. 3 Utrum persona univoce et eadem ratione habeat esse in Deo et in creaturis an aequivoce et secundum rationes diversas q. 4 Utrum persona sit seu habeat esse in Deo secundum substantiam an secundum relationem q. 5 Utrum persona in Deo significet rem, substantiae scilicet aut relationis, an intentionem tantum q. 6 Utrum aliqua persona penitus absoluta seu suppositum absolutum habeat esse in divinis q. 7 Utrum persona in Deo significet aliquid commune q. 8 Utrum sint plures personae in Deo q. 9 Utrum in Deo sint tres personae et non plures nec pauciores q. 10 Utrum una persona habeat esse in alia mutuo et eodem modo art. 54: De modo emanandi unam personam divinam ab alia q. 1 Utrum in divinis sit ponere aliquam personam quae non sit ab alia emanans q. 2 Utrum persona non emanans ab alia in divinis sit tantum unica q. 3 Utrum ab illa persona in divinis quae non emanat ab alia eman et aliqua alia q. 4 Utrum ab illa persona quae in divinis non est ab alia emanent plures aliae quam una q. 5 Utrum personae duae quae emanant ab illa quae non est ab alia emanent ab ea aeque primo, principaliter et immediate q. 6 Utrum personarum emanantium ab illa quae non est ab alia, una earum emanet a reliqua q. 7 Utrum persona quae communiter emanat ab illa quae non est ab alia et ab illa quae est ab alia, ut Spiritus Sanctus a Patre et Filio, emanet ab eis aeque primo, principaliter et eodem modo q. 8 Utrum a qualibet dictarum trium personarum emanet aliqua alia q. 9 Utrum actus emanantionum notionales generandi et spirandi sunt quaedam intelligere et velle sive quidam actus intelligendi et volendi q. 10 Utrum emanationes actuum notionalium generandi et spirandi fundentur in actibus esentialibus intelligendi et volendi quasi praesupponentes illos art. 55: De proprietatibus personarum in generali secundum se q. 1 Utrum in personis divinis sit ponere proprietates personarum q. 2 Utrum in personis divinis sit ponere plures proprietates personarum q. 3 Utrum in personis divinis sit ponere tantum quinque proprietates q. 4 Utrum in Deo omnes proprietates sint notionales q. 5 Utrum notiones sive proprietates in Deo sint relationes q. 6 Utrum proprietates in Deo sint relationes reales Tables 1. Works cited by Henry (and by the editors in the apparatus) 2. Onomastic table 3. Manuscripts cited 4. Quoted publications 5. Table of photographs 6. Table of contents

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Book SynopsisFirst critical edition of Petrus Thomae’s theory of non-causal dependence. This work of Scotist metaphysics is an investigation into the ultimate constitution of things. In the course of this treatise, Petrus Thomae examines whether the essences of things ultimately depend on being thought of by God for their very intelligibility or whether they have it of themselves. Defending in detail the second option, Peter argues that creatures exist independently of the divine intellect in the divine essence. They enjoy real, eternal being in the divine essence and objective being in the divine mind. Aware that these views conflicted with his belief in the Christian doctrine of creation, Peter laboured to alleviate the conflict with a theory of non-causal dependence, according to which even if God did not cause creatures to be in the divine essence, nevertheless they are necessary correlatives of the divine essence. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Trade ReviewWhat kind of being do creatures possess before creation? That is the overall problem dealt with in Peter Phomae's Quaestiones de esse intelligibili that have now appeared as the first volume in a new series devoted to the works of Peter Thomae (Petri Thomae Opera), a subseries within the well-known series Ancient and Medieval Philosophy of the De Wulf-mansion centre, Leuven. That the Franciscan friar Peter Thomae († 1340), henceforth Pt, is given his own series is remarkable, considering that he has not as yet attracted too much attention from medievalist scholarship. Certainly, some of his works have long been available in critical editions, but the new series that will contain his major works will provide a much more adequate impression of his way of thinking and is bound to shed new light on the intellectual history of the early 14th century, especially on the earliest stage of the Scotist school. [...] The solid scholarship presented in this first volume allows us to have high expectations in regard to the next volumes in the series. Claus A. Andersen, Archivum Franciscanum Historicum - Annus 109 - Ianuarius - Iunius 2016 - Fasc. 1-2Make no mistake, this is a good edition. Once Garrett Smith had collated in full all eight witnesses with tremendous effort and considerable success, when analyzing the readings and forming the text, he unfortunately found that the manuscript tradition exhibited evidence of both contamination and slight revision, even contamination across the two redactions. The surviving manuscripts of both redactions, moreover, did not provide clean texts—indeed, one could not even cobble together a perfect text from all witnesses taken together. Smith did a good job investigating and explaining what had happened, although the more complicated the situation, the greater the number of possible explanations. In the end, instead of printing the flawed text of gamma or N (and relegating the other to the apparatus criticus), either of which would have required editorial emendation, Smith chose to edit a combined text. The result is a perhaps necessary compromise, generally as close to Petrus Thomae's original(s) as we can get. For this heroic solo effort, Garrett Smith deserves our praise and gratitude.Chris Schabel, Vivarium 54 (2016) 357-362, DOI 10.1163/15685349-12341324'On ne peut que recommander cet ouvrage, qui complète notre connaissance du scotisme, enrichit notre compréhension de la pensée théologique et philosophique franciscaine, et présente une conceptualisationoriginale de la notion de dépendance ontologique, susceptible d’intéresser les métaphysiciens néo-aristotéliciens.'Magali Roques, Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger 2017/3 (Tome 142), p. 377-434DOI 10.3917/rphi.173.0377 * Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction I. Life II. WorksIII. Themes of the Quaestiones de esse intelligibili IV. The Edition A. Description of Manuscripts B. Prior Editions C. Isolated Accidents D. Common Accidents E. The alia littera of MS S F. Stemma codicum G. Editorial Principles H. Authenticity and Title I. Dating J. Sources K. Influence AbbreviationsQUAESTIONES DE ESSE INTELLIGIBILI Q. 1 Utrum intellectus creatus producat rem intellectam in esse intelligibili Q. 2 Utrum intellectus divinus producat quidditates creabilium in esse intelligibili Q. 3 Utrum illud esse intelligibile quod habuit quidditas creabilis ab aeterno sit esse causatum Q. 4 Utrum esse intelligibile creabilium sit prius aliquo modo esse subsistentiae productae in divinis Q. 5 Utrum quidditas creaturae in esse intelligibili posita sit formaliter idea Q. 6 Utrum esse quidditatis in esse intelligibili positae sit totaliter respectivum Q. 7 Utrum teneat ista consequentia: 'aliquid non habet esse subiective, ergo non habet esse' Q. 8 Utrum creatura ab aeterno habuit aliquod verum esse reale distinctum aliquo modo ab esse divino Q. 9 Utrum ponens creaturam habuisse aliquod verum esse reale ab aeterno possit salvare creationem AppendixIOANNI S CANONICI Quaestiones super libros Physicorum II q. 3 a. 2 MATTHIAS DOERING Lectura I d. 35 Lectura I d. 46 Bibliography Primary Sources Secundary Sources Indices

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Book SynopsisNew insights into Pietro d’Abano’s unique approach to translations. The commentary of the Italian physician and philosopher Pietro d’Abano on Bartholomew of Messina’s Latin translation of Pseudo-Aristotle’s Problemata Physica, published in 1310, constitutes an important historical source. In a section of the corpus Aristotelicum that was not part of the standard curriculum at the medieval university, the commentary of Pietro d’Abano investigates the complex relationship between text, translation, and commentary. The eight articles in this volume provide valuable insights into the manner in which Pietro d’Abano deals with the problems of a translated text. They emphasize the idiosyncrasy of his approach in comparison to his contemporaries and successors, the particularities of his commentary in light of the habitual exegetical practices applied in the teaching of curricular texts, as well as the influence of philosophical traditions outside the strict framework of the medieval arts faculty. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). Contributors : Joan Cadden (University of California, Davis), Gijs Coucke (KU Leuven), Béatrice Delaurenti (École des Hautes Études et Sciences Sociales – Paris), Pieter De Leemans (KU Leuven), Françoise Guichard-Tesson (KU Leuven), Danielle Jacquart (École Pratique des Hautes Études – Paris), Christian Meyer (Centre d’Études supérieures de la Renaissance – Tours), Iolanda Ventura (CNRS – Université d’Orléans)Trade ReviewLes huit contributions sont toutes très intéressantes, notamment l’édition critique de la courte préface de Pietro et le long article de Gijs Coucke « From abstinence to Promiscuity » qui, en comparant Pietro à deux autres médecins sur le problème dela diététique sexuelle, montre que Pietro est moins original qu’il y paraît. Pierre PELLEGRIN, Revue philosophique de la France et de l'étranger, 2019/4 Tome 144, https://www.cairn.info/revue-philosophique-2019-4-page-511.htmIntelligemment conçu et réalisé, cet ouvrage collectif permet d’avoir un aperçu global et synthétique sur l’activité philosophique, astrologique et médicale de Pietro d’Abano, plus particulièrement sur son 'Expositio Problematum Aristotilis'. M. Cacouros, Scriptorium 2019/2Table of ContentsNotes about the contributors Maarten J.F.M. HOENEN -; Pieter DE LEEMANS Pietro d'Abano between Text and Tradition: IntroductionDanielle JACQUART Pietro d'Abano: médecin ou philosophe? Pieter DE LEEMANS Ego, Petrus Paduanus, philosophie minimus alumpnorum. Pietro d'Abano's Preface to his Expositio Problematum Aristotilis Joan CADDEN Sex and Sensibilities in the Medieval Problemata Tradition: Pietro d'Abano and His ReadersGijs COUCKE From Abstinence to Promiscuity: Men, Beasts and Eunuchs in the Expositio Problematum of Pietro d'AbanoBéatrice DELAURENTI La compassion selon Pietro d'Abano: contamination et action à distanceChristian MEYER Entre musique et philosophie de la nature: le défi de la section XIX des Problemata Physica aristotéliciensIolanda VENTURA Botany, Dietetics, and Pharmacy in Pietro d'Abano's Expositio Problematum: On Sections XX, XXI, and XXIIFrançoise GUICHARD-TESSON Pietro d'Abano traduit et recyclé par Évrart de ContyIndex codicum manu scriptorum Index nominum

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Book SynopsisThe history of logic and its development during the medieval period. Radulphus Brito’s Quaestiones super Priora Analytica Aristotelis is a major work written in the early 1300s which treated Aristotle’s text devoted to the theory of the syllogism. Brito, perhaps one of the most influential medieval thinkers known as the Modistae, examines both categorical and hypothetical syllogisms. In his text, based on six known manuscripts which are complete or nearly complete, Brito was critical of many of the theories of his contemporary, Simon of Faversham. It should also be mentioned that Brito edited his work several times. There are at least two versions which indicate Brito returned to this material during his long career at the university in Paris. This volume is the first critical text edition of Brito’s Quaestiones super Priora Analytica Aristotelis and will therefore be of great interest to those studying the history of logic and its development during the medieval period.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). Trade ReviewThis volume should be warmly welcomed as the first critical edition of a major work by Radulphus Brito (d. 1320), one of the most important logicians of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, who lectured at the University of Paris between 1296 and 1306.Paul Thom, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Volume 55, Number 4, October 2017, pp. 729-730 * Journal of the History of Philosophy *Insofar as Brito is generally considered to be one of the leading scholastics of his day, known as the ‘Modistae’, it is obvious that this edition is most significant from both a historical and doctrinal point of view.Jules Janssens, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie, 80/2018, doi: 10.2143/TVF.80.3.3285689Table of ContentsCONTENTS FOREWORD CRITICAL STUDY THE EDITIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS A. the editions B. the manuscripts THE AUTHORSHIP AND DATE THE MANUSCRIPT TRADITION A. THE QUESTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MANUSCRIPT 1. The Redactio communis and the redactio parisiensis 2. A Possible Intermediate Third Redaction B. THE COMMON AND UNIQUE ACCIDENTS 1. The Common Readings of the redactio communis and the Unique Readings in Paris, BnF. lat. 14705 2. The Common Readings of Osimo, Bibl. Campana, 39 and Paris, BnF. lat.14705 3. The Common Readings of Osimo, Bibl. Campana, 39, Paris, BnF. lat. 14705 and Venezia, Bibl. S. Marco, lat., VI, 150 (X.39) 4. A Historical Development of the Manuscript Models C. PRINCIPLES OF THE EDITION D. BRITO'S SOURCES TECHNIQUE OF THE EDITION STEMMA CODICUM SYMBOLS ABBREVIATIONS SIGLA CODICUM QUAESTIONES SUPER LIBROS PRIORUM ANALYTICORUM ARISTOTELIS LIBER I Prooemium Q. 1. Utrum de syllogismo possit esse scientia. Q. 2. Utrum syllogismus simpliciter sit subiectum in ista scientia. Q. 3. Utrum scientia libri Priorum sit inventiva vel iudicativa. Q. 4. Utrum dici de omni sit condicio subiecti vel praedicati. Q. 5. Utrum conversio sit possibilis. Q. 6. Utrum conversio sit species argumentationis. Q. 7. Utrum termini maneant idem in convertente et conversa. Q. 8. Utrum conversio sit passio terminorum vel propositionum. Q. 9. Utrum negatio praecedens terminum communem neget ipsum pro quolibet supposito. Q. 10. Utrum universalis negativa de inesse convertatur simpliciter. (redactio communis). (redactio Parisiensis). Q. 11. Utrum universalis affirmativa de inesse convertatur in particularem affirmativam; et utrum particularis affirmativa convertatur in particularem affirmativam. Q. 12. Utrum ista propositio sit vera ‘aliquis homo est species.’ Q. 13. Utrum particularis negativa de inesse convertatur simpliciter. Q. 14. Utrum universalis negativa de necessario convertatur simpliciter. Q. 15. Utrum sit aliqua propositio necessaria per accidens. Q. 16. Utrum sequatur ‘non de necessitate quoddam B est A, ergo non de necessitate quoddam A est B.’ Q. 17. Utrum ista propositio sit vera ‘omne grammaticum de necessitate est homo.’ Q. 18. Utrum possibile dicatur per unam rationem de necessario et non necessario. Q. 19. Utrum universalis negativa de contingenti pro possibili convertatur simpliciter. Q. 20. Utrum universalis negativa de contingenti ad utrumlibet convertatur simpliciter. Q. 21. Utrum particularis negativa de contingenti ad utrumlibet convertatur simpliciter. Q. 22. Utrum particularis affirmativa de contingenti ad utrumlibet convertatur simpliciter. Q. 23. Utrum sequatur ‘non contingit ad utrumlibet aliquod B esse A, ergo non contingit ad utrumlibet aliquod A esse B.’ Q. 24. Utrum dicendo ‘B contingit non esse A,’ negatio praecedens praedicatum removeat ipsum pro quolibet supposito a subiecto. Q. 25. Utrum sint tantum tres figurae syllogismorum. Q. 26. Utrum ex ambabus negativis in aliqua figura fiat syllogismus. Q. 27. Utrum ex ambabus particularibus sequatur aliquid. Q. 28. Utrum ex maiore particulari in prima figura sequatur aliquid; utrum ex minore negativa in eadem prima sequatur aliquid. Q. 29. Utrum in secunda et in tertia figura sit aliquis syllogismus in actu. Q. 30. Utrum syllogismus expositorius sit bonus syllogismus. Q. 31. Utrum singularis negativa habeat converti. Q. 32. Utrum haec sint verae: quod in secunda figura, si maior sit universalis affirmativa vel negativa et minor particularis eiusdem qualitatis cum maiore compatiens secum suam subcontrariam, non sequitur aliqua conclusio; et quod in tertia figura, si maior sit universalis affirmativa et minor particularis negativa, vel si ambae sint negativae ita quod maior sit universalis et minor particularis compatiens secum suam subcontrariam, non sequitur aliqua conclusio. Q. 33. Utrum ad habendum contradictionem in modalibus oporteat praeponere negationem figurae et modo. Q. 34. Utrum ex ambabus de necessario sequatur conclusio de necessario in primo modo primae figurae. Q. 35. Utrum mixtio sit possibilis in syllogismis; et utrum syllogismus in quo fit mixtio ex una de inesse et alia de necessario sit utilis. Q. 36. Utrum ex maiore de necessario et minore de inesse in prima figura sequatur conclusio de necessario. Q. 37. Utrum maiore existente de necessario et minore de inesse ut nunc sequatur conclusio de necessario. Q. 38. Utrum maiore existente de necessario et minore de inesse ut nunc sequatur conclusio de inesse. Q. 39. Utrum ex maiore existente de inesse simpliciter et minore de necessario in prima figura sequatur conclusio de necessario. Q. 40. Utrum maiore existente universali affirmativa de inesse et minore universali negativa de necessario sequatur conclusio de necessario in secunda figura; et utrum maiore vel minore universali affirmativa de necessario et altera negativa de inesse sequatur conclusio de necessario in tertia figura. Q. 41. Utrum in quarto secundae figurae valeat mixtio ad conclusionem de necessario, supposito quod maior sit universalis affirmativa de inesse et minor particularis negativa de necessario. Q. 42. Utrum definitio contingentis sit bene assignata. Q. 43. Utrum propositiones de contingenti ad utrumlibet convertantur per oppositam qualitatem. Q. 44. Utrum ad veritatem istius propositionis, ‘de necessario homo canescit,’ exigatur entitas extremorum. Q. 45. Utrum ‘quod contingit esse B contingit esse A’ et ‘quod est actu Bcontingit esse A’ sint diversae causae veritatis istius propositionis ‘B contingit esse A’ vel sint diversi sensus multiplicitatis. Q. 46. Utrum praedicatum possit restringere subiectum vel etiam ampliare. Q. 47. Utrum terminus communis secundum unam rationem et aequaliter se habeat ad supposita in actu et in potentia sive ad supposita praesentia, praeterita, et futura. Q. 48. Utrum ex ambabus de contingenti sequatur conclusio. Q. 49. Utrum maiore de contingenti et minore de inesse in prima figura sequatur conclusio de contingenti. Q. 50. Utrum maiore de inesse et minore de contingenti sequatur conclusio de contingenti. Q. 51. Utrum maiore de inesse et minore de contingenti ad utrumlibet sequatur conclusio de contingenti ad utrumlibet in modo affirmativo. Q. 52. Utrum ex maiore negativa de inesse simpliciter et minore de contingenti sequatur conclusio de inesse. Q. 53. Utrum ex maiore de contingenti et minore de necessario sequatur conclusio de contingenti. Q. 54. Utrum maiore de necessario et minore de contingenti sequatur conclusio de contingenti. Q. 55. Utrum maiore affirmativa de necessario et minore de contingenti sequatur conclusio de inesse; utrum maiore de necessario negativa et minore de contingenti sequatur conclusio de inesse. Q. 56. Utrum ex ambabus de contingenti in secunda figura sequatur conclusio de contingenti. Q. 57. Utrum hoc sit verum quod quaedam sunt quae de nullo alio praedicantur, sicut sunt individua. Q. 58. Utrum termino singulari possit addi signum universale. Q. 59. Utrum signum universale possit addi praedicato. Q. 60. Utrum quod ad concludendum universalem affirmativam oportet inspicere ad consequens subiecti et antecedens praedicati sit verum. Q. 61. Utrum ista ‘contingit aliquod sanum esse aegrum,’ quae est contradictoria ‘de necessitate nullum sanum est aegrum,’ sit vera. Q. 62. Utrum ista sit vera, ‘homo potest esse asinus.’ Q. 63. Utrum obliquus possit esse subiectum alicuius propositionis. Q. 64. Utrum syllogismus possit fieri ex obliquis. Q. 65. Utrum signum universale positum ad obliquum possit distribuere rectum. Q. 66. Utrum ex maiore in recto et minore in obliquo fiat bonus syllogismus in prima figura. Q. 67. Utrum maiore in obliquo et minore in recto sequatur conclusio. Q. 68. Utrum ambabus praemissis in obliquo et duplici recto existente in maiore sequatur conclusio in recto, sicut dicendo ‘cuius est disciplina hoc est genus; boni est disciplina; ergo bonum est genus.’ Q. 69. Utrum praemissis ambabus existentibus in obliquo sine hoc quod in maiore sint duo recti sit bonus syllogismus, sic arguendo ‘cuius est disciplina eius est genus; boni est disciplina; ergo boni est genus.’ Q. 70. Utrum propositiones in quibus signum universale negativum additur obliquo sint negativae sicut dicendo ‘nullius hominis asinus currit.’ Q. 71. Utrum eodem modo in prima figura contingat syllogizare ex obliquis in propositionibus negativis sicut affirmativis. Q. 72. Utrum in secunda figura et tertia possit esse syllogismus ex obliquis. Q. 73. Utrum nota reduplicationis debeat poni ad praedicatum vel ad subiectum. Q. 74. Utrum reduplicatio dicat causam praedicati in subiecto. Q. 75. Utrum ad negativam de praedicato finito sequatur affirmativa de praedicato infinito dicendo ‘non est aequale, ergo est non aequale.’ LIBER II Q. 1. Utrum omnis syllogismus sit ex hypothesi. Q. 2. Utrum aliquis syllogismus possit concludere plures conclusiones. Q. 3. Utrum sumendo sub medio contingat syllogizare in secunda figura. Q. 4. Utrum quod ex veris non potest syllogizari falsum habeat veritatem. Q. 5. Utrum ex falsis sequatur conclusio vera. Q. 6. Utrum syllogismus ex falsis sit bonus syllogismus. Q. 7. Utrum hoc sit verum: ad idem affirmatum et negatum non sequitur idem. Q. 8. Utrum syllogismus circularis sit bonus. Q. 9. Utrum syllogismus circularis pertineat ad demonstratorem vel ad prioristam, vel ad dialecticum, vel ad aliquem alium artificem. Q. 10. Utrum ‘cui nulli inest B, huic omni inest A; sed C nulli inest B; ergo C omni inest A’ sit bonus syllogismus, et utrum conversio ‘nullum B est A’ ‘cui nulli inest B, huic omni inest A’ sit bona; et utrum haec conversio, ‘nullum B est A; ergo cui nulli inest A, huic omni inest B,’ sit possibilis. Q. 11. Utrum syllogismus conversivus differat a syllogismis aliarum potestatum, scilicet a syllogismo ex falsis et a syllogismo per impossibile; utrum talis syllogismus sit possibilis; et ad quem artificem spectet consideratio talis syllogismi. Q. 12. Utrum syllogismus ad impossibile sit bonus. Q. 13. Utrum de syllogismo ad impossibile pertineat considerare quantum ad prioristam vel quantum ad dialecticum vel ad demonstratorem. Q. 14. Utrum universalis affirmativa poterit syllogizari per impossibile in prima figura. Q. 15. Utrum syllogismus ex oppositis sit bonus. Q. 16. Utrum syllogismus ex oppositis pertineat ad demonstratorem. Q. 17. Utrum syllogismus ex oppositis possit fieri in prima figura; et utrum conclusio syllogismi ex oppositis sit possibilis. Q. 18. Utrum ad prioristam spectet considerare de petitione principii. Q. 19. Utrum petitio principii peccet contra syllogismum simpliciter. Q. 20. Utrum debeat in ista scientia determinari de ‘non propter hoc accidere falsum.’ Q. 21. Utrum sit possibile opinari propositionem universalem et ignori suam singularem; utrum aliquis possit opinari duas oppositas praemissas in diversis syllogismis; et utrum aliquis possit opinari duas praemissas unius syllogismi et unam alterius syllogismi. Q. 22. Utrum fallacia opinionis sit possibilis. APPENDIX I QUAESTIONES NOVAE Q. 1. Utrum syllogismus expositorius sit bonus. Q. 2. Utrum syllogismus simpliciter habeat probare suam conclusionem. APPENDIX II QUAESTIONES DUBIAE Q. 1. Utrum propositio syllogistica sit genus ad propositionem dialecticam et demonstrativam. Q. 2. Utrum in secunda figura contingat syllogizare ex obliquis. Q. 3. Utrum duae contradictoriae simul possint esse vera; et utrum ad negativam de praedicato finito sequatur de praedicato infinito. TABLES I. Works Cited by Brito (and by the editor in the apparatus) II. Onomastic Tables III. Manuscripts Cited IV. Quoted Publications

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Book SynopsisThe present book reveals the riches of the earliest known astrological autobiography, authored by Henry Bate of Mechelen (1246-after 1310). Exploiting all resources of contemporary astrological science, Bate conducts in his Nativitas a profound self-analysis, revealing the peculiarities of his character and personality at a crucial moment of his life (1280). The result is an extraordinarily detailed and penetrating attempt to decode the fate of one's own life and its idiosyncrasies. The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher offers the first critical edition of Bate's Nativitas. An extensive introduction presents Bate's life and work and sheds new light on the reception and use of Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew texts among scholars in Paris at the end of the 13th century. The book thus provides a major new resource for scholars working on medieval science, autobiography, and notions of personhood and individuality. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Trade ReviewIt would require an undue amount of space to list all of the aspects that make this edition of Bate’s Nativitasan arresting source for anyone interested in medieval intellectual and cultural history. Most importantly, perhaps, the book subtly undermines facile clichés about the nature of medieval astrology and in their place gives us a glimpse of the inner workings of the art, revealing an occasionally stunning degree of complexity and psychological depth.C. Philipp E. Nothaft, Journal for the History of Astronomy, Volume 50 Issue 2, May 2019, https://doi.org/10.1177/0021828619834390This is the first complete Latin edition of Bate's Nativitas, and it is an impressive scholarly achievement whose depths can only be hinted at in this review. Not only have the editors produced the definitive edition of Bate's text, they have also written what amounts to a separate monograph to contextualize it.Justin Lake, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2019.09.58'The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher' offers the first critical edition of Bate’s 'Nativitas'. An extensive introduction presents Bate’s life and work and sheds new light on the reception and use of Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew texts among scholars in Paris at the end of the 13th century. The book thus provides a major new resource for scholars working on medieval science, autobiography, and notions of personhood and individuality.Studi Medievali 2019, IIDie insgesamt äußerst sorgfältige Edition macht damit einen Text verfügbar, der eine Vielzahl von Einblicken in die Welt des späten 13. Jahrhunderts eröffnet. Auch jenseits der Forschung zur Geschichte der Astrologie ist dem Werk daher uneingeschränkt eine breite Rezeption zu wünschen. Klaus Oschema, The Medieval Review 20.04.06Bate’s rich treatise touches on more themes than the editorial team could begin to address; I flagged several passages to which I wish to return in my own work on astrology and prophecy. For all of these reasons, 'The Astrological Autobiography of a Medieval Philosopher' is a real gift, for which scholars will long remain in the editors’ debt. Laura Ackerman Smoller, Isis—Volume 111, Number 3, September 2020Cette publication de la Nativitas, l’autobiographie astrologique du savant et philosophe Henri Bate de Malines (1246 – après 1310), un texte unique en son genre, représente un événement attendu depuis près d’un siècle avec la publication, en 1924, d’un article du grand historien des sciences Aleksander Birkenmajer, qui résumait sa thèse sur Henri Bate, restée inédite. Le présent volume, issu de la collaboration entre quatre chercheurs de renom, vient donc combler un vide important, dont on comprend très bien qu’il ait duré si longtemps, considérant l’extrême difficulté de la matière.Jean-Patrice Boudet, Mittellateinisches Jahrbuch 56,1 (2021)Das Buch ist ein schönes Beispiel dafür, was in Kooperation erreichbar ist – es handelt sich um eine mustergültige Edition, die man sich für so manchen astrologischen Quellentext wünschen würde. Günther Oestmann, Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters, 77. Jahrgang, Heft 1, 2021 Table of ContentsPreface Table of Contents Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Manuscripts and text tradition of the Nativitas 1.1. Manuscripts (David Juste)1.2. Text tradition (Carlos Steel) 1.2.1. Th e two traditions of the Nativitas 1.2.1.1. Errors in P V (and their copies Par L) against S 1.2.1.2. Errors in S against PV (and their copies) 1.2.1.3. Par a copy from V 1.2.1.4. P and L copies of a common model 1.2.1.5. Another witness of β: Munich, BSB, Clm 3857 1.2.1.6. Three copies of the introduction of the Nativitas 1.2.2. Two different versions of the revolution of the 35th year 1.2.2.1 Th e α version 1.2.2.2. Th e S version 1.2.2.3. Why are there two versions of the revolutions for the 35th year? 1.2.2.4. Is S a direct copy of Bate’s autograph? 1.2.3. Title 1.2.4. Conclusion: a short text history 1.2.5. Stemma codicum 1.3. Editorial principles (Carlos Steel) Chapter 2: A portrait of Henry Bate (Carlos Steel and Steven Vanden Broecke) 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Bate’s biography 2.2.1. Family background 2.2.2. Studies in Paris 2.2.3. Return to the Low Countries: courtly connections, astrology, and an ecclesiastical career 2.2.4. After the Nativitas 2.3. Bate’s self-portrait Chapter 3: Bate’s astrological and astronomical works (David Juste)3.1. Original works3.1.1. Magistralis compositio astrolabii (1274)3.1.2. [Equatorium planetarum] (date unknown) 3.1.3. Tables of Mechelen — Tabule Machlinienses (fi rst version before 1280) 3.1.4. Nativitas (1280-81) 3.1.5. De diebus creticis periodorumque causis (after 1281, perhaps 1292) 3.1.6. Commentary on Albumasar’s De magnis coniunctionibus (lost) [3.1.7.] †Tractatus in quo ostenduntur defectus tabularum Alfonsi 3.2. Translations3.2.1. Alkindi, Liber de iudiciis revolutionum annorum mundi (1278) 3.2.2. Abraham Avenezra, De mundo vel seculo I [Sefer ha-ʿolam I] (1281) 3.2.3. Abraham Avenezra, De luminaribus [Sefer ha-meʾorot] (1292) 3.2.4. Abraham Avenezra, Introductorius ad astronomiam [Reshit ḥokhmah] (1292) 3.2.5. Abraham Avenezra, Liber rationum I [Sefer ha-ṭeʿamim I] (1292) 3.2.6. Abraham Avenezra, Liber rationum II [Sefer ha-ṭeʿamim II] (1292) 3.2.7. Abraham Avenezra, Liber introductionis ad iudicia astrologie [Mishpeṭei ha-mazzalot] (1292) [3.2.8] †De fortitudine planetarum Chapter 4: Bate’s Nativitas: the earliest known astrological autobiography (Steven Vanden Broecke) 4.1. Purpose 4.2. ‘Autobiography’ and astrological meaning-making in the Nativitas 4.2.1. Astrological judgment and self-guidance 4.2.2. Particularity and notions of selfhood 4.2.3. The inhabitable birth chart 4.3. Precedents and reception 4.4. Structure and synopsis of the Nativitas Chapter 5: Bate’s Nativitas in context (David Juste) 5.1. The Nativitas in the history of astrology 5.2. Bate’s astrological sources5.3. Bate and the University of Paris 5.3.1. Introduction 5.3.2. Peter of Limoges 5.3.3. Other scholars and opportunities 5.3.4. William of Saint-Cloud 5.4. Appendix: Bate’s astrological sources Chapter 6: Bate and Abraham Ibn Ezra (Shlomo Sela)6.1. Introduction 6.2. The Triple Abraham 6.3. Abraham Avenezra 6.4. Abraham Princeps 6.5. Abraham Compilator Chapter 7: Basic elements of Bate’s astrological technique (Steven Vanden Broecke) 7.1. The four astrological charts of the Nativitas 7.2. Rectifying the nativity 7.3. Hyleg, alcochoden, and empirical verifi cation of the rectified nativity 7.4. A template for analysis: the twelve houses 7.5. Bate’s procedure of astrological self-analysis: the example of the first house7.5.1. Complexion and shape of the body 7.5.2. Qualities of the soul 7.5.2.1. Jupiter 7.5.2.2. Mercury 7.5.2.3. Interpreting the decans 7.6. Solar revolutions of the nativity Index of manuscripts Bibliography to the introductionNativitas Magistri Henrici Baten Conspectus siglorum Abbreviationes Textus Appendix i. Versio altera in codice Segoviensi 84 Appendix ii. Digressio in Libro Rationum Index fontium ab editoribus allegatorum Editiones et manuscripta fontium ab editoribus allegata

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Book SynopsisArticles 56-59 of Henry of Ghent's Summa is devoted to the trinitarian properties. Henry was the most important Christian theological thinker in the last quarter of the 13th century and his works were influential not only in his lifetime, but also in the following century and into the Renaissance. Henry's Quaestiones ordinariae (Summa), articles 56-59 deal with the trinitarian properties and relations, topics of Henry's lectures at the university in Paris. In these articles, dated around 1286, Henry treats generation, a property unique to the Father, and being generated, a property unique to the Son. The university in Paris distributed articles 56-59 by means of two successive exemplars divided into peciae. Manuscripts copied from each have survived and the text of the critical edition has been established based upon the reconstructed texts of these two exemplars.Table of ContentsForewordCritical studyThe Editions and Manuscripts§ 1. The Editions§ 2. The ManuscriptsThe Text Examined Exteriorly: Historical and Codicological Elements Used For the Establishment of the Text§ 1. The Authorship and Date of the Summa, art. 56-59§ 2. The Summa, art. 56-59: Distributed by Means of Two Successive Exemplars by the University in ParisA. The First Parisian University ExemplarB. The Second Parisian University ExemplarThe Text Examined Interiorly: The Relationships Among the Manuscripts, Established by a General Test Collation§ 1. The Common AccidentsA. The Groups of Manuscripts Characterized by the Number ofCommon AccidentsB. The Groups of Manuscripts Characterized Individually1. Manuscript B" (Biblioteca Vaticana, ms. Borgh. 17)2. The Group of Manuscripts Dependent upon the First Exemplar of the University in Parisa. Sub-groups of Manuscripts, which for Certain Peciae, Indicate Possible Common Models Stemming from the First Parisian University Exemplar1. A possible group of Brisitsh manuscripts2. Five manuscripts which contained numerous common accidents in pecia 873. Three manuscripts which contained numerous common accidents in pecia 894. A Group of Vatican Manuscripts Dependent upon the Manuscript BnF, lat. 854 (= ms. 14, i.e. I')3. The Second Parisian University Exemplar§ 2. The Isolated AccidentsManuscript 11 (Biblioteca Vaticana, ms. Borghese 17 (= B") and the First Parisian University ExemplarSumma, art. 56-59: A Text Stemming From a Parisian University Exemplar Tradition§ 1. The First Parisian University Exemplar of Articles 56 and 57 (and the beginning of Article 58) in Biblioteca Vaticana, ms. Borghese 17 (= ms. 11, i.e. B")§ 2. The Individual Peciae of Articles 58-59 in Biblioteca Vaticana, ms. Borghese 17 (= ms. 11, i.e. B")§ 3. The Second Parisian University Exemplar§ 4. The Edition of Badius§ 5. The Edition of ScarpariusThe References in Summa, art. 56-59The Genesis of the Exemplars, Represented by a DiagramTechniques of the Edition§ 1. Editorial Principles§ 2. Transcription ConventionsSymbols1. In the text Itself2. In the Critical ApparatusAbbreviations1. In the Critical Apparatus2. In the Apparatus of CitationsSigla of the Manuscripts and Abbreviations of the EditionsReproductionsSumma, art. 56-59Art. 56: De proprietatibus realibus personarum in comparatione ad ipsas personasq. 1: Utrum proprietates sint in personisq. 2: Utrum in eadem persona sint plures proprietatesq. 3: Utrum proprietates sint constitutivae personarumq. 4: Utrum proprietas cum essentia constituat personamArt. 57: De proprietatibus personae Patris in specialiq. 1: Utrum ingenitum sit proprietas Patrisq. 2: Utrum ingenitum sit alia proprietas quam paternitasq. 3: Utrum ingenitum prius est ratione quam paternitasq. 4: Utrum ingenitum proprietas sit constitutiva personae PatrisArt. 58: De proprietate Patris, quae est generareq. 1: Utrum generare sit proprietas Patrisq. 2: Utrum generare sit idem quod dicereq. 3: Utrum in Patre sit aliqua proprietas alia a generare et ingenitoq. 4: Utrum generare sit proprietas constitutiva personae Patrisq. 5: Utrum generare sit per se opus paterni intellectusArt. 59: De proprietatibus quae proprie et specialiter pertinent ad personam Filiiq. 1: Utrum generari sit proprietas Filiiq. 2: Utrum potentia generandi passive sit proprietas existens in Filioq. 3: Utrum generari sit proprietas constitutiva personae Filiiq. 4: Utrum in Filio sit aliqua alia proprietas a generariq. 5: Utrum Filius ex eo quod est verbum habet respectum ad solum Patremq. 6: Utrum verbum in divinis sit verbum practicum an speculativumTables1. Works cited by Henry (and by the editors in the apparatus)2. Onomastic table3. Manuscripts cited4. Quoted publications5. Table of photographs6. Table of contents

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Book SynopsisLong considered one of late scholasticism's most important thinkers, Francisco Suarez has, paradoxically enough, often been treated only in relation to other medieval authors or as a transitional figure in the shift from medieval to Early Modern philosophy. As such, his thought has often been obscured and framed in terms of an alien paradigm. This book seeks to correct such approaches and examines Suarez's metaphysical thinking as it stands on its own. Suarez is shown to be much more in line with his medieval predecessors who developed their accounts of being to express the theological commitments they had made. Central to Suarez's account is a fundamental existential orientation, one that many interpreters have overlooked in favour of an understanding of being as reduced to essence or to the thinkable.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Note on Textual Sources Introduction 1. The Life and Work of Francisco Suárez 2. The Theological Context and Purpose of the Suárezian Metaphysics 3. Interpretive Trends 4. The Thesis and Structure of the Present Work Chapter One: Metaphysics and Its Object 1. Being in Excess 2. Being in Restriction 2.1 Divine Science 2.2 Finite Being 3. Being as Transcendent 4. Conclusion Chapter Two: Being and Existence 1. Formal and Objective Concepts 2. The Unity of the Concept of Being 3. Existence and Quiddity 4. Being as a Participle and as a Noun 5. Immanence 6. Conclusion Chapter Three: The Transcendentality of Being 1. The Transcendental Explication of Being 1.1 Ratio Dubitandi: The Challenge to Transcendental Science 1.2 Suárez’s Transcendental Solution 2. Transcendentality and Mentalism? 2.1 The Accusation of Mentalism 2.2 The Intrinsic Entitative Character of the Transcendentals 2.2.1 Transcendental Unity 2.2.2 Transcendental Truth 2.2.3 Transcendental Goodness 3. Transcendentality and the Evisceration of Existence? 3.1 Transcendental Enumeration 3.2 Transcendental Reduction: Res 3.3 Transcendental Reduction: Aliquid 3.4 The Second Transcendental Perspective (Disjunctive Transcendentals) 4. Conclusion Chapter Four: Being and Possibility 1. The Imitation Model 2. Duns Scotus: Esse intelligibile and Possibility 3. Suárez on the Divine Cognition of the Possibles 4. Suárez on the Entitative Status of the Possibles 4.1 The “Essentialism” of Essences? 4.2 Potential Being (i.e., Objective Potency) 4.3 Futuribilia 5. Suárez on the Modal Character of Possibility 6. Conclusion Chapter Five: Being and Analogy 1. Equivocity 2. Univocity and the Unity of Being 3. Analogy 3.1 Proper Proportionality 3.2 Attribution 4. An Unequal, Inner Order 4.1 Inner Difference 4.2 Inner Unity 5. Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Index Nominum Index Rerum

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Book SynopsisCritical edition of James of Viterbo’s final questions De divinis praedicamentis and his De potentia et actu volendiJames of Viterbo (ca. 1255–1307), Augustinian friar, master of theology at the University of Paris, and archbishop of Naples, was one of the leading philosophers and theologians of the later thirteenth century. This volume completes the critical edition of his academic works and presents his last two questions De divinis praedicamentis and his three annexed questions on the will (De potentia et actu volendi). These questions, deriving from disputations James held as Augustinian regent master of theology at the University of Paris (1293–1297), offer rich discussions of important topics: whether the plurality of divine persons and attributes entails an order of priority within God and how causality may be attributed to God. The questions on the will cover issues at the core of later medieval debates on human freedom: on the unity of the will as a power of the soul, whether the will is the primary agent in human action, and whether the will is free with respect to all its acts.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).Trade ReviewThis book completes the edition of James of Viterbo’s works with the publication of the five ‘Quaestiones de divinis praedicamentis’ that never appeared in print before. Questions 28 and 29 constitute the final part of the original version of the work, whereas questions 30-32, on the will, were later incorporated into the work. Mark Gossiaux and Christopher Schabel have done an excellent job in establishing the text and making the remaining part of James’s main scholastic works available to the scholarly community. Gerd Van Riel, KU Leuven

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Book SynopsisFirst ever editions of texts on the elements from Pomponazzi's lectures on De coelo, De sensu, Meteorologica and De generatione et corruptione.In medieval and early modern natural philosophy, very few issues were as controversial as the nature of the elements. From the thirteenth up until the sixteenth century, European thinkers discussed this problem with growing interest. Defining the nature of the elements was key to deciphering the very structure of the universe and the essence of things. Along with five primary texts, here edited for the first time, this book discusses one of the most original contributions to this debate, that of Renaissance philosopher Pietro Pomponazzi (d. 1525). Pomponazzi's account, developed in university lectures, holds significance for two reasons. First, it provides a thorough description of the most influential doctrines on the elements presented by medieval scholars, opening a window onto three hundred years of prior discussions on the topic. Second, Pomponazzi also develops his own views on the issue, explicitly defining them as heretical' to emphasise his departure from all opinions expressed before him.Ebook available in Open Access. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

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Book SynopsisR. Saadia Gaon (882-942) was unquestionably one of the most important if not the most important medieval Jewish thinker. He dealt with biblical exegesis, philosophy, grammar, poetry, prayer, and Halakha, and in many of these fields he is considered an innovator and a trailblazer, paving new paths for his followers. Many of the sages who lived after him cited from his writings. He served as head of the Academy of Sūra, Babylon, but the impact of his works was felt in all generations who lived and followed. This study seeks to describe and analyze R. Saadia Gaon's life, his public enterprise, his works, and his influence on the generations after him.Trade Review“This book describes and analyzes Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s quest for the religious leadership of the Jewish world in the first half of the tenth century, which he pursued. Through his comprehensive literary work in the fields of interpretation, philosophy, language, poetry, and Halacha. This book discusses elegantly key areas in the work of Saadia Gaon, such as his interpretation of the books of the Bible and his dealings with the Arabic language and Muslim culture, beginning with borrowing of literary models, principles, and terms, and ending with a poignant religious polemic. In addition, Schlossberg deals with the practical ways in which Saadia sought to lead the Jewish people, using educational methods. Saadia emphasizes, according to Schlossberg, the challenges arising from life in exile while cultivating the constant expectation of imminent redemption. This is an extremely important book—a must for anybody interested in Jewish life in the Islamic world, including the Judeo-Arabic-rich culture.” — Professor Benjamin Hary, New York University“Eliezer Schlossberg's R. Saadia Gaon: A Leader of Generations is the first English monograph on this eminent and influential medieval thinker, since Henry Malter's Saadia Gaon: His Life and Works (Philadelphia, 1921). In this learned and graceful work, Schlossberg offers a significant call of attention to the intellectual breakthroughs and ingenious erudition of this founding medieval figure (born el-Fayyum, Egypt, 882, died Baghdad 942). Schlossberg achieves a fresh outlook on Saadia's enduring cultural imprint and sophistication, through six insightful thematic chapters relating to communal leadership, inter-religious polemic, education, scriptural translation, rhetoric, and history. Interwoven with a discerning overview of a century of modern scholarship, Schlossberg's captivating illustration of Saadia's innovations in an array of fields, written and published (to this very day!) in Hebrew, Arabic, and Judeo-Arabic, opens a window to a creative and revolutionary period of intellectual change and interchange, at the unique crossroad of medieval Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.”— Meira Polliack, Professor of Bible, Joseph and Ceil Mazer Chair in Jewish Culture in Muslim Lands and Cairo Geniza Studies, Tel Aviv University“Saadia Gaon is acknowledged as one of the leading Jewish thinkers in the premodern world. While his contributions to biblical exegesis and translation, legal hermeneutics and linguistic thought are largely known, Eliezer Schlossberg lays the main emphasis on Saadia’s public leadership as a ‘leader of generations.’ He begins with a biography of the Gaon and addresses in the following chapters key aspects of his thought. The monograph, which is a welcome addition to recent scholarship, succeeds convincingly to explain why Saadiah and his works continue to hold such fascination until today.”— Ronny Vollandt, Ludwig-Maximilians-UniversitätTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter One: The Leadership of R. Saadia Gaon Chapter Two: Polemic in the Writings of R. Saadia Gaon Chapter Three: Education in the Writings of R. Saadia Gaon Chapter Four: R. Saadia’s Translation of the PentateuchChapter Five: Arabic, Islam, and Rhetoric in R. Saadia’s WorkChapter Six: History, Consolation, and Messianic Future Bibliography General Index

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