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Book SynopsisSince the publication of the edition of John Blund''s Tractatus de anima by the British Academy in 1970 there has been widespread acceptance of the importance of this text for the history of thought. Blund (ca. 1175-1248) was probably one of the first commentators on the libri naturales at Paris before the prohibition of 1210, and later introduced them to Oxford. Indeed, apart from the prohibitions of 1210 and 1215, the De anima of Blund is the one text which sheds light on the first reception of Aristotle at Paris. The text was probably composed at Paris, before 1204. Blund taught arts at Paris ca. 1200-1205, then at Oxford towards 1207-1209. He returned to study theology at Paris during the interdict (1208-1214) and the contemporaneous suspension of the schools at Oxford (1209-1214). He was regent in theology at Paris for twelve years, and taught theology at Oxford after 1229.With the Tractatus a whole area of philosophical speculation - namely Greek and Arabic psychology - arrived a
Table of ContentsIntroduction to the New Edition ; Introduction to the Latin Edition of 1970 ; Addenda to the Latin Text ; Sigla codicum ; Index capitulorum (Chapter index) ; Tractatus de anima secundum Iohannem Blondum ; Appendix ; Index auctorum (Index of authors) ; Index nominum et verborum potiorum (Index of names and key words) ; Subject Index
