A companion to the Latin medieval commentaries on Aristotle's Metaphysics /
Few philosophical books have been so influential in the development of Western thought as Aristotle's Metaphysics. In fourteen substantial essays this volume reconstructs the late medieval reception of this work, by focusing on the main medieval commentators and a common set of metaphysical top...
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| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Series: | Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Latin Medieval Translations of Aristotle's Metaphysics; The Commentator: Averroes's Reading of the Metaphysics; Avicenna's and Averroes's Interpretations and Their Influence in Albertus Magnus; English Commentaries before Scotus A Case Study: The Discussion on the Unity of Being; Aquinas's Commentary on the Metaphysics; Giles of Rome's Questions on the Metaphysics; Five Parisian Sets of Questions on the Metaphysics from the 1270s to the 1290s; Alexander of Alesandria's Commentary on the Metaphysics.
- The Questions on the Metaphysics by John Duns Scotus: A Vindication of Pure IntellectJandun's Question-Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics; Three Franciscan Metaphysicians after Scotus: Antonius Andreae, Francis of Marchia, and Nicholas Bonet; John Buridan's Commentary on the Metaphysics; Paul of Venice's Commentary on the Metaphysics; Fifteenth-Century Parisian Commentaries on Aristotle's Metaphysics; Bibliography; List of Manuscripts; Index of Names.
