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A Companion to the Latin Medieval Commentaries on Aristotleâs Metaphysics
Series: - Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, Volume: 43
Few philosophical books have been so influential in the development of Western thought as Aristotleâs Metaphysics. For centuries Aristotleâs most celebrated work has been regarded as a source of inspiration as well as the starting point for every investigation into the structure of reality. Not surprisingly, the topics discussed in the book â the scientific status of ontology and metaphysics, the foundations of logical truths, the notions of essence and existence, the nature of material objects and their properties, the status of mathematical entities, just to mention some â are still at the centre of the current philosophical debate and are likely to excite philosophical minds for many years to come. This volume reconstructs in fourteen chapters a particular phase in the long history of the Metaphysics by focusing on the medieval reception of Aristotleâs masterpiece, specifically from its introduction in the Latin West in the twelfth through fifteenth centuries.
Contributors include: Marta Borgo, Matteo di Giovanni, Amos Bertolacci, Silvia Donati, Gabriele Galluzzo, Alessandro D. Conti, Sten Ebbesen, Fabrizio Amerini, Giorgio Pini, Roberto Lambertini, William O. Duba, Femke J. Kok, and Paul J.J.M. Bakker.
Contributors include: Marta Borgo, Matteo di Giovanni, Amos Bertolacci, Silvia Donati, Gabriele Galluzzo, Alessandro D. Conti, Sten Ebbesen, Fabrizio Amerini, Giorgio Pini, Roberto Lambertini, William O. Duba, Femke J. Kok, and Paul J.J.M. Bakker.
Fabrizio Amerini is Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Parma (Italy). He has published extensively on medieval logic, metaphysics, and philosophy of language. His latest publication is Thomas Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life, (Harvard 2013).
Gabriele Galluzzo received his Ph.D. from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (2004). He is currently a Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Exeter. His areas of interest include Aristotleâs Metaphysics and its medieval reception, as well as contemporary metaphysics.
Gabriele Galluzzo received his Ph.D. from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (2004). He is currently a Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Exeter. His areas of interest include Aristotleâs Metaphysics and its medieval reception, as well as contemporary metaphysics.
âThis superb volume [â¦] is an indispensible resource for scholars who want to know how Aristotleâs Metaphysics entered Western culture and how it fared from the Middle Ages into the Renaissanceâ.
Alan Perreiah, University of Kentucky. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 46, No. 1 (2015), pp. 159-161.
âthe volume contains excellent essays that will be of value to scholars studying the reception of Aristotleâs Metaphysics and medieval philosophy more broadly.â
John T. Slotemaker, Fairfield University. In: Religious Studies Review, Vol. 41, No. 2 (June 2015), p. 85.
Alan Perreiah, University of Kentucky. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 46, No. 1 (2015), pp. 159-161.
âthe volume contains excellent essays that will be of value to scholars studying the reception of Aristotleâs Metaphysics and medieval philosophy more broadly.â
John T. Slotemaker, Fairfield University. In: Religious Studies Review, Vol. 41, No. 2 (June 2015), p. 85.
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1
. Fabrizio Amerini and Gabriele Galluzzo
Latin Medieval Translations of Aristotleâs Metaphysics ....................... 19
. Marta Borgo
The Commentator: Averroesâs Reading of the Metaphysics ............... 59
. Matteo di Giovanni
Avicennaâs and Averroesâs Interpretations and Their Influence in Albertus Magnus ......................................................................................... 95
. Amos Bertolacci
English Commentaries before Scotus. A Case Study: The Discussion on the Unity of Being ................................................................................ 137
. Silvia Donati
Aquinasâs Commentary on the Metaphysics ............................................ 209
. Gabriele Galluzzo
Giles of Romeâs Questions on the Metaphysics ...................................... 255
. Alessandro D. Conti
Five Parisian Sets of Questions on the Metaphysics from the 1270s to the 1290s ................................................................................................... 277
. Sten Ebbesen
Alexander of Alessandriaâs Commentary on the Metaphysics ........... 315
. Fabrizio Amerini
The Questions on the Metaphysics by John Duns Scotus: A Vindication of Pure Intellect ............................................................... 359
. Giorgio Pini
Jandunâs Question-Commentary on Aristotleâs Metaphysics .............. 385
. Roberto Lambertini
Three Franciscan Metaphysicians after Scotus: Antonius Andreae, Francis of Marchia, and Nicholas Bonet .............................................. 413
. William O. Duba
John Buridanâs Commentary on the Metaphysics .................................. 495
. Femke J. Kok
Paul of Veniceâs Commentary on the Metaphysics ............................... 551
. Alessandro D. Conti
Fifteenth-Century Parisian Commentaries on Aristotleâs Metaphysics ................................................................................................... 575
. Paul J.J.M. Bakker
Bibliography ...................................................................................................... 631
List of Manuscripts .......................................................................................... 665
Index of Names ................................................................................................. 667
. Fabrizio Amerini and Gabriele Galluzzo
Latin Medieval Translations of Aristotleâs Metaphysics ....................... 19
. Marta Borgo
The Commentator: Averroesâs Reading of the Metaphysics ............... 59
. Matteo di Giovanni
Avicennaâs and Averroesâs Interpretations and Their Influence in Albertus Magnus ......................................................................................... 95
. Amos Bertolacci
English Commentaries before Scotus. A Case Study: The Discussion on the Unity of Being ................................................................................ 137
. Silvia Donati
Aquinasâs Commentary on the Metaphysics ............................................ 209
. Gabriele Galluzzo
Giles of Romeâs Questions on the Metaphysics ...................................... 255
. Alessandro D. Conti
Five Parisian Sets of Questions on the Metaphysics from the 1270s to the 1290s ................................................................................................... 277
. Sten Ebbesen
Alexander of Alessandriaâs Commentary on the Metaphysics ........... 315
. Fabrizio Amerini
The Questions on the Metaphysics by John Duns Scotus: A Vindication of Pure Intellect ............................................................... 359
. Giorgio Pini
Jandunâs Question-Commentary on Aristotleâs Metaphysics .............. 385
. Roberto Lambertini
Three Franciscan Metaphysicians after Scotus: Antonius Andreae, Francis of Marchia, and Nicholas Bonet .............................................. 413
. William O. Duba
John Buridanâs Commentary on the Metaphysics .................................. 495
. Femke J. Kok
Paul of Veniceâs Commentary on the Metaphysics ............................... 551
. Alessandro D. Conti
Fifteenth-Century Parisian Commentaries on Aristotleâs Metaphysics ................................................................................................... 575
. Paul J.J.M. Bakker
Bibliography ...................................................................................................... 631
List of Manuscripts .......................................................................................... 665
Index of Names ................................................................................................. 667
Specialists and graduate (or otherwise advanced) students in philosophy or intellectual history. In particular those interested in late medieval philosophy and in the history of metaphysics and Aristotelianism.