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John Buridan, Quaestiones super octo libros Physicorum Aristotelis (secundum ultimam lecturam)
Libri III - IV
Series: - Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science, Volume: 27
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 III and IV 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 Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Munich. He is working on an edition of book II of Robert Cowton's 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.
Edith D. Sylla (Ph.D. 1971) is Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina). She works on the history of mathematics, physics, and their interrelations from the late Middle Ages to the early eighteenth century.
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.
Edith D. Sylla (Ph.D. 1971) is Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina). She works on the history of mathematics, physics, and their interrelations from the late Middle Ages to the early eighteenth century.
"En résumé, le livre qui nous est proposé est un outil indispensable pour la recherche sur la philosophie naturelle médiévale et on ne peut que souhaiter une parution prochaine, sous la même forme, de la suite de cette édition critique." / [In summary, the book that is offered to us is an essential tool for the research on medieval natural philosophy and we can only hope for a next publication, in the same form, of the rest of this critical edition.] - Jean Celeyrette, Université de Lille 3, in: Archives de Philosophie, cahier 2018/3, tome 81 (Automne â Juillet-septembre 2018), p.666-668.
"The present volume continues the groundbreaking work of the editorial team that produced the critical edition of books 1â2 of Buridanâs Quaestiones on the Physics in 2015. [...] All in all, this edition is an extremely valuable contribution to the history of medieval philosophy and medieval science. Scholars will be using this key source text for many years to come." - Jack Zupko, University of Alberta, in: Renaissance Quarterly, LXXI:1 (2018), pp. 264-265
"Lâensemble constitue [...] un instrument de première importance, indis- pensable tant pour les amateurs de la pensée buridanienne que pour les historiens de la physique médiévale." / [The ensemble is an instrument of primary importance, indispensable for anyone interested in Buridan's ideas and historians of medieval physics.] - Joël Biard, Université François-Rabelais, Tours, France, in: Vivarium 55 (2017) 361-370
"The present volume continues the groundbreaking work of the editorial team that produced the critical edition of books 1â2 of Buridanâs Quaestiones on the Physics in 2015. [...] All in all, this edition is an extremely valuable contribution to the history of medieval philosophy and medieval science. Scholars will be using this key source text for many years to come." - Jack Zupko, University of Alberta, in: Renaissance Quarterly, LXXI:1 (2018), pp. 264-265
"Lâensemble constitue [...] un instrument de première importance, indis- pensable tant pour les amateurs de la pensée buridanienne que pour les historiens de la physique médiévale." / [The ensemble is an instrument of primary importance, indispensable for anyone interested in Buridan's ideas and historians of medieval physics.] - Joël Biard, Université François-Rabelais, Tours, France, in: Vivarium 55 (2017) 361-370
Introduction xi
Paul J.J.M. Bakker and Michiel Streijger
Guide to the Text xx
Edith D. Sylla
1 Introduction xx
2 Authors of Questions on Books III and IV of the Physics Related to Buridanâs Questions xxvi
3 The Questions on Book III xli
3.1 Buridanâs Questions on Motion: Questions III.1â13 xliv
3.2 Buridanâs Questions on Infinity: Questions III.14â19 cxiv
4 The Questions on Book IV cliii
4.1 Buridanâs Questions on Place: Questions IV.1â6 cliv
4.2 Buridanâs Questions on the Vacuum: Questions IV.7â11 clxxiv
4.3 Buridanâs Questions on Time: Questions IV.12â16 cxciii
5 Conclusion (and Warning to the Reader) ccix
Bibliography ccxi
Iohannis Buridani, Quaestiones super octo libros Physicorum Aristotelis (secundum ultimam lecturam)
Libri IIIâIV
Conspectus siglorum et compendiorum 2
Liber III
Tabula quaestionum tertii libri Physicorum 4
III.1. Utrum necesse sit ignorato motu ignorare naturam 8
III.2. Utrum ad alterationem requiratur fluxus distinctus ab alterabili et a qualitate secundum quam est alteratio 15
III.3. Utrum qualitates contrariae, ut albedo et nigredo, caliditas et frigiditas, possint se compati simul in eodem subiecto secundum aliquos gradus ipsarum 21
III.4. Utrum qualitas secundum quam est alteratio per se et proprie dicta, continua et temporalis, acquiratur tota simul vel pars post partem 37
III.5. Utrum in alteratione pars qualitatis quae prius acquiritur maneat cum parte quae posterius acquiritur 45
III.6. Utrum motus localis sit vel utrum haec sit vera âmotus localis estâ 60
III.7. Utrum motus localis sit res distincta a loco et ab eo quod localiter movetur 73
III.8. Utrum de necessitate motus localis sit habere terminos positivos praeter fluxum, scilicet terminum a quo et terminum ad quem 81
III.9. Utrum motus sit de essentia termini ad quem est 91
III.10. Utrum omnis motus sit actus entis in potentia 99
III.11. Utrum definitio motus sit bona in qua dicitur quod motus est actus entis in potentia secundum quod in potentia 104
III.12. Utrum omnis motus sit subiective in mobili vel movente vel in utroque 110
III.13. Utrum omnis actio sit passio et econtra 115
III.14. Utrum sit aliquod corpus sensibile actu infinitum 122
III.15. Utrum sit aliqua magnitudo infinita 133
III.16. Utrum linea aliqua gyrativa sit infinita 142
III.17. Utrum omni numero sit numerus maior 153
III.18. Utrum in quolibet continuo infinitae sint partes 166
III.19. Utrum possibile sit infinitam esse magnitudinem et in infinitas partes lineam esse divisam 186
Liber IV
Tabula quaestionum quarti libri Physicorum 201
IV.1. Utrum omnis locus sit aequalis locato suo 204
IV.2. Utrum locus sit terminus corporis continentis 211
IV.3. Utrum locus sit immobilis 222 IV.4. Utrum definitio loci quam assignat Aristoteles sit bona, qua dicitur âlocus est terminus corporis continentis immobilis primumâ 233
IV.5. Utrum terra sit in aqua sive in superficie aquae tamquam in loco suo proprio et naturali 238
IV.6. Utrum ultima sphaera, scilicet suprema, sit in loco 253
IV.7. Utrum possibile sit vacuum esse 258
IV.8. Utrum possibile sit esse vacuum per aliquam potentiam 267
IV.9. Utrum in motibus gravium et levium ad sua loca naturalia tota successio proveniat ex resistentia medii 271
IV.10. Utrum, si vacuum esset, grave moveretur in eo 292
IV.11. Utrum rarefactio et condensatio sint possibiles vel utrum possibile sit aliquid rarefieri vel condensari 299
IV.12. Utrum tempus sit motus 306
IV.13. Utrum definitio temporis in qua dicitur âtempus est numerus motus secundum prius et posteriusâ sit bona 313
IV.14. Utrum cuiuslibet motus tempus sit mensura 320
IV.15. Utrum quies mensuretur tempore 337
IV.16. Utrum tempus esset, quamvis non esset aliqua anima intellectiva 343
Index locorum 349
Index codicum manu scriptorum 353
Index nominum 355
Paul J.J.M. Bakker and Michiel Streijger
Guide to the Text xx
Edith D. Sylla
1 Introduction xx
2 Authors of Questions on Books III and IV of the Physics Related to Buridanâs Questions xxvi
3 The Questions on Book III xli
3.1 Buridanâs Questions on Motion: Questions III.1â13 xliv
3.2 Buridanâs Questions on Infinity: Questions III.14â19 cxiv
4 The Questions on Book IV cliii
4.1 Buridanâs Questions on Place: Questions IV.1â6 cliv
4.2 Buridanâs Questions on the Vacuum: Questions IV.7â11 clxxiv
4.3 Buridanâs Questions on Time: Questions IV.12â16 cxciii
5 Conclusion (and Warning to the Reader) ccix
Bibliography ccxi
Iohannis Buridani, Quaestiones super octo libros Physicorum Aristotelis (secundum ultimam lecturam)
Libri IIIâIV
Conspectus siglorum et compendiorum 2
Liber III
Tabula quaestionum tertii libri Physicorum 4
III.1. Utrum necesse sit ignorato motu ignorare naturam 8
III.2. Utrum ad alterationem requiratur fluxus distinctus ab alterabili et a qualitate secundum quam est alteratio 15
III.3. Utrum qualitates contrariae, ut albedo et nigredo, caliditas et frigiditas, possint se compati simul in eodem subiecto secundum aliquos gradus ipsarum 21
III.4. Utrum qualitas secundum quam est alteratio per se et proprie dicta, continua et temporalis, acquiratur tota simul vel pars post partem 37
III.5. Utrum in alteratione pars qualitatis quae prius acquiritur maneat cum parte quae posterius acquiritur 45
III.6. Utrum motus localis sit vel utrum haec sit vera âmotus localis estâ 60
III.7. Utrum motus localis sit res distincta a loco et ab eo quod localiter movetur 73
III.8. Utrum de necessitate motus localis sit habere terminos positivos praeter fluxum, scilicet terminum a quo et terminum ad quem 81
III.9. Utrum motus sit de essentia termini ad quem est 91
III.10. Utrum omnis motus sit actus entis in potentia 99
III.11. Utrum definitio motus sit bona in qua dicitur quod motus est actus entis in potentia secundum quod in potentia 104
III.12. Utrum omnis motus sit subiective in mobili vel movente vel in utroque 110
III.13. Utrum omnis actio sit passio et econtra 115
III.14. Utrum sit aliquod corpus sensibile actu infinitum 122
III.15. Utrum sit aliqua magnitudo infinita 133
III.16. Utrum linea aliqua gyrativa sit infinita 142
III.17. Utrum omni numero sit numerus maior 153
III.18. Utrum in quolibet continuo infinitae sint partes 166
III.19. Utrum possibile sit infinitam esse magnitudinem et in infinitas partes lineam esse divisam 186
Liber IV
Tabula quaestionum quarti libri Physicorum 201
IV.1. Utrum omnis locus sit aequalis locato suo 204
IV.2. Utrum locus sit terminus corporis continentis 211
IV.3. Utrum locus sit immobilis 222 IV.4. Utrum definitio loci quam assignat Aristoteles sit bona, qua dicitur âlocus est terminus corporis continentis immobilis primumâ 233
IV.5. Utrum terra sit in aqua sive in superficie aquae tamquam in loco suo proprio et naturali 238
IV.6. Utrum ultima sphaera, scilicet suprema, sit in loco 253
IV.7. Utrum possibile sit vacuum esse 258
IV.8. Utrum possibile sit esse vacuum per aliquam potentiam 267
IV.9. Utrum in motibus gravium et levium ad sua loca naturalia tota successio proveniat ex resistentia medii 271
IV.10. Utrum, si vacuum esset, grave moveretur in eo 292
IV.11. Utrum rarefactio et condensatio sint possibiles vel utrum possibile sit aliquid rarefieri vel condensari 299
IV.12. Utrum tempus sit motus 306
IV.13. Utrum definitio temporis in qua dicitur âtempus est numerus motus secundum prius et posteriusâ sit bona 313
IV.14. Utrum cuiuslibet motus tempus sit mensura 320
IV.15. Utrum quies mensuretur tempore 337
IV.16. Utrum tempus esset, quamvis non esset aliqua anima intellectiva 343
Index locorum 349
Index codicum manu scriptorum 353
Index nominum 355
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.