John 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 VâVIII 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.
Michiel Streijger (Ph.D. 2008) is a researcher at the Ãcole française dâExtrême-Orient in Paris. He is the editor of several works of Medieval Philosophy and Theology, including Walter Burleyâs two early Physics commentaries and book II of Robert Cowtonâs commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard.
Paul J.J.M. Bakker (Ph.D. 1999) is Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy at Radboud University. His research focuses on the commentary tradition on Aristotle's works on natural philosophy, from the late Middle Ages to the seventeenth century.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
âMichiel Streijger and Paul J.J.M. Bakker
âAppendix 1
âAppendix 2
Guide to the Text
âPaul J.J.M. Bakker
Bibliography
Iohannis Buridani Quaestiones super octo libros Physicorum Aristotelis (secundum ultimam lecturam) LibriVâVIII
Conspectus siglorum et compendiorum
Tabula quaestionum quinti libri Physicorum.
Tabula quaestionum sexti libri Physicorum.
Tabula quaestionum septimi libri Physicorum.
Tabula quaestionum octavi et ultimi libri Physicorum.
Index locorum Index codicum manu scriptorum Index nominum
All interested in the history of philosophy and science in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and anyone concerned with the reception of Aristotle's works in natural philosophy.