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Henry of Ghent, the most influential philosopher/theologian of the last quarter of the thirteenth century at Paris, delivered his fourth Quodlibet during 1279. This Quodlibet was written at the beginning of the height of his career. In total there are thirty-seven questions, which cover a wide range of topics, including theories in theology, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical anthropology, ethics, and canon law. In these questions, Henry presents his mature thought concerning the number of human substantial forms in which he counters the claims of the defenders of Thomas Aquinas, particularly those in Giles of Lessines's De unitate formae, but also those found in Giles of Rome's Contra Gradus. He is critical of Thomas Aquinas's theories concerning human knowledge, the ""more"" and the ""less,"" and virtue. He also is critical of Bonaventure's analysis of Augustine's notion of rationes seminales. There are thirty-three known manuscripts that contain the text of Quodlibet IV, and the critical text is reconstructed based on manuscripts known to have been in Henry's school, as well as manuscripts copied from two successive university exemplars in Paris. The main text is in Latin; the critical apparatus is in English.

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Author:   Gordon Wilson (Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Asheville) ,  Girard J. Etzkorn (Professor Emeritus, St. Bonaventure University)
Publisher:   Leuven University Press
Imprint:   Leuven University Press
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.361kg
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9789058677709

ISBN 10:   9058677702
Pages:   450
Publication Date:   23 November 2011
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Language:   eng, lat

Table of Contents

Table of contents Foreword Critical Study The Editions and Manuscripts The Editions The Manuscripts Quodlibet IV: Authorship and Date §1. The Authorship of Quodlibet IV §2. The Date of Quodlibet IV The Text Examined Exteriorly: Historical and Codicological Elements Used for the Establishment of the Text §1. Quodlibet IV: Distributed by Means of Two Successive Exemplars by the University in Paris A. The First University Exemplar B. A Second Parisian 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 A 2. The Group of Manuscripts Dependent upon the First Parisian University Exemplar a. The sub-group of mss. 8 and 27 b. The sub-group of mss. 4 and 5 c. The sub-group of mss. 22 and 33 d. A Possible English Family of Manuscripts 3. The Group of Manuscripts Dependent upon the Second Parisian University Exemplar §2. The Isolated Accidents An Earlier Redaction of QQ. 7 & 8 Manuscript 25 (Paris, BNF, Lat. 15848) and the University Examplars §1. Manuscript 25 and the First Parisian University Exemplar §2. Manuscript 25 and the Second Parisian University Exemplar The First Parisian Exemplar The Second Parisian University Exemplar The Reconstruction of the Critical Text The References and Sources in Quodlibet IV The Edition of Badius The Genesis of the Exemplars, Represented by a Diagram Technique of the Edition 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 Quodlibet IV 1. Utrum relatio prius sit in divina essentia quam in persona 2. Utrum imago conveniat Spiritui Sancto sicut et Filio 3. Utrum in Christo sint duae reales filiationes, una ad Patrem, alia ad matrem 4. Utrum sint idem re natura et suppositum 5. Utrum unum principium numeri quantitatis discretae sit alterius naturae quam unitas rerum substantialis 6. Utrum forma numeri denarii sit aliquid extra intellectum 7. Utrum intellectus creatus se ipsum et ea quae per essentiam eorum sunt in ipso intelligat per se absque omni specie rei intellectae vel per aliquam speciem eius qua informatur 8. Utrum beatus videns seu intelligens Deum nude per essentiam suam formet in se verbum de Deo 9. Utrum aliquis intellectus creatus ex puris naturalibus possit videre seu intelligere nude divinam essentiam 10. Utrum caritas re differat a gratia 11. Utrum Deus a creatura intellectuali dilectione pura naturali possit diligi super omnia alia 12. Utrum post resurrectionem erunt aliqua individua composita in isto mundo inferiori 13. Utrum in quidditate rerum sensibilium materialium cadunt plures formae substantiales re differentes 14. Utrum in materia sit ratio seminalis, quae est formae inchoatio 15. Utrum forma substantialis recipiat magis et minus 16. Utrum in angelis sit materia, ut debeat dici compositus ex materia et forma 17. Utrum angelus moveatur de loco ad locum 18. Utrum beatus Paulus potuit occidi ante suam conversionem 19. Utrum in isto singulari praedestinato, demonstrato quocumque, sit ratio sive causa suae praedestinationis 20. Utrum bonum sit omnia esse communia in civitate 21. Utrum intellectus coniunctus possit aliquid intelligere 22. Utrum morales virtutes sint in voluntate 23. Utrum iidem habitus sint virtutes, dona, beatitudines et fructus 24. Utrum bona mortificata reviviscant recuperata 25. Utrum caritas aliqua viatoris possit adaequari caritati contemplatoris 26. Utrum liceat mendicantibus petere ultra necessitatem 27. Utrum pro servitio in filio usurarii instruendo liceat sumere pecuniam quam serviens novit acquisitam per usuram 28. Utrum bona communia sint de iure evangelii 29. Utrum alicui liceat repetere debitum cum scandalo 30. Utrum adeptus beneficium per simulationem debeat illud resignare 31. Utrum homo possit esse non risibilis 32. Utrum, in aequali facilitate exsequendi utrumque, homo semper tenetur ad melius faciendum 33. Utrum doctoribus contrariantibus circa aliquod agibilium et agere secundum unam opinionem est sine omni periculo peccati, agere vero secundum aliam est in dubio peccati mortalis, mortaliter peccet ille qui agit illud de quo est dubium an sit peccatum mortale, puta in emendo redditus ad vitam vel accipiendo ultra sortem 34. Utrum peccator paenitens statim tenetur confiteri 35. Utrum religiosus per abbatem suum episcopo praesentatus ad curam et ab episcopo institutus plus debet oboedire abbati revocanti ipsum a cura ad claustrum, an episcopo praecipienti quod in cura sua persistat 36. Utrum species sacramenti Eucharistae nutriant 37. Utrum in sacramentis Novae Legis sit virtus creativa gratiae Tables I. Works cited by Henry (and by the editors in the apparatus) II. Onomastic table III. Manuscripts cited IV. Quoted publications V. Table of contents

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The present edition is of a highly scholarly quality and will certainly be of a great help to the further exploration of a great medieval thinker, who has only recently started to receive the attention that he truly deserves. Jules Janssens, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie 75 (2013), 4

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Girard J. Etzkorn is Emeritus Professor at St. Bonaventure University.

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