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Richard Kilvingtonâs Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum
A Critical Edition with an Introduction
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Among the commentaries on Aristotleâs Nicomachean Ethics produced in the Middle Ages, that of Richard Kilvington is one of the most thought-provoking. Kilvington adopts a unique perspective of argumentation in which he applies concepts and terminology from the fields of logic and physics to ethical dilemmas. This unprecedented approach allows him to formulate original solutions to various ethical problems. He concentrates on the will, moral weakness, the relationship between the will and prudence, the change of virtues and vices, and the nature of ethical objects. The presented commentary is a valuable record of the philosophical debates at Oxford in the 14th century.
Monika MichaÅowska (Ph.D. 2007), is an Assistant Professor at Medical University of Åódź. Her research focuses on medieval ethics, theology and grammar from the ninth century to the late Middle Ages.
''Monika MichaÅowska has now edited Kilvingtonâs Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum,a series of lectures on Aristotelian ethics held at Oxford from 1324 to 1326,which survives in eleven manuscripts. In her introduction, she investigates and discusses the provenance of all manuscripts, whose interrelation is described with the help of two stemmata.Furthermore, she offers a short presentation of Kilvingtonâs life and career and describes the philosophical content of his work.Her editorial work is very careful and thorough, and it provides the reader with both a reliable philosophical text and a variety of slightly differing readings,which are recorded in the apparatus''.
Risto Saarinen, in Speculum 94/2 (2019).
Risto Saarinen, in Speculum 94/2 (2019).
Contents
Preface vii
Introduction
Life and Career 3
Questions on the Ethics 11
Manuscripts of the Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum 19
The Manuscript Tradition 27
The Edition 48
Bibliographical References 51
Abbreviations 53
Sigla 54
Bibliography 55
Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum
Quaestio IâUtrum omnis virtus moralis ex operibus generetur 63
Quaestio IIâUtrum virtutes morales ex defectu et superabundantia
corrumpantur 87
Quaestio IIIâUtrum quilibet virtuosus in operibus sibi propriis
delectetur 125
Quaestio IVâUtrum voluntas suos actus producat libere 165
Quaestio VâUtrum fortitudo sit medietas circa audacias et timores 209
Quaestio VIâUtrum male operantes sint a legislatoribus puniendi 232
Quaestio VIIâUtrum liberalitas sit circa pecunias medietas 251
Quaestio VIIIâUtrum magnanimus dignificet se honoribus sibi
dignis 272
Quaestio IXâUtrum iustitia sit virtus moralis perfecta 294
Quaestio XâUtrum prudentia sit habitus cum recta ratione activus circa
hominis bona et mala 316
Index Nominum 337
Index Locorum 339
Index Manuscriptorum 342
Preface vii
Introduction
Life and Career 3
Questions on the Ethics 11
Manuscripts of the Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum 19
The Manuscript Tradition 27
The Edition 48
Bibliographical References 51
Abbreviations 53
Sigla 54
Bibliography 55
Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum
Quaestio IâUtrum omnis virtus moralis ex operibus generetur 63
Quaestio IIâUtrum virtutes morales ex defectu et superabundantia
corrumpantur 87
Quaestio IIIâUtrum quilibet virtuosus in operibus sibi propriis
delectetur 125
Quaestio IVâUtrum voluntas suos actus producat libere 165
Quaestio VâUtrum fortitudo sit medietas circa audacias et timores 209
Quaestio VIâUtrum male operantes sint a legislatoribus puniendi 232
Quaestio VIIâUtrum liberalitas sit circa pecunias medietas 251
Quaestio VIIIâUtrum magnanimus dignificet se honoribus sibi
dignis 272
Quaestio IXâUtrum iustitia sit virtus moralis perfecta 294
Quaestio XâUtrum prudentia sit habitus cum recta ratione activus circa
hominis bona et mala 316
Index Nominum 337
Index Locorum 339
Index Manuscriptorum 342
All interested in the history of philosophy, ethics and logic in the Middle Ages and anyone concerned with the reception of Aristotleâs Nicomachean Ethics.