Medieval Philosophical Writings on the Powers of the Soul: From Aquinas to Ockham

Russell L. Friedman; Can Laurens Löwe

doi:10.1017/9781009211741

Philosophers of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries held that organisms are alive by virtue of possessing a soul, and that the soul endows an organism with various powers. This volume presents a rich selection of key medieval Aristotelian texts on the relation between the soul and its powers, most of them previously untranslated and written by thinkers whose accounts of the soul and its powers are not well known. Each text can be seen as part of a lively medieval debate, responding to or criticizing another text also found in the volume. An introduction situates this debate in its broader medieval context, and the detailed explanatory notes and glossary of terms and arguments make the texts accessible to a wide range of readers including non-experts. The result is a valuable resource for understanding how Aristotle's theory of the soul and its powers was received and transformed in the Middle Ages.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Sources of the Translated Texts
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Notes on the Translations
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List of Abbreviations, Symbols, and Conventions
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Introduction:
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The Latin Medieval Debate about the Relation between the Soul and Its Powers
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1. - Bonaventure (d. 1274), Commentary on the Sentences, book II, d. 24, a. 2, q. 1:
pp 41-55
Do Intellect and Affection, or Reason and Will, Differ Essentially?
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2. - Albert the Great (d. 1280), Summa theologiae, book I, treatise 3, q. 15, chap. 2, a. 2, c. 1:
pp 56-66
How Do the Parts of the Image Relate to the Soul’s Essence?
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3. - Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274), Commentary on the Sentences, book I, d. 3, q. 4, a. 2:
pp 67-71
Are the Soul’s Powers Its Essence?
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4. - Henry of Ghent (d. 1293), Quodlibet III, q. 14 (excerpts):
pp 72-95
Is the Soul’s Substance the Same as Its Power?
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5. - Godfrey of Fontaines (d. ca. 1306), Quodlibet II, q. 4:
pp 96-103
Can a Created Substance Be the Immediate Principle of an Operation?
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6. - Thomas of Sutton (d. ca. 1315), Ordinary Question 4 (excerpts):
pp 104-121
Do the Soul’s Powers Differ as Absolute Things from the Soul’s Essence?
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7. - Peter of John Olivi (d. 1298), Questions on the Sentences, book II, q. 54 (excerpts):
pp 122-144
Are the Soul’s Powers Totally the Same as Their Substance and as Each Other, Totally Diverse, or Partially the Same and Partially Diverse?
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8. - John Duns Scotus (d. 1308), Commentary on the Sentences (Reportatio A), book II, d. 16:
pp 145-166
Does the Image of the Trinity in the Rational Soul Consist of Three Really Distinct Powers?
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9. - James of Viterbo (d. 1308), Quodlibet I, q. 7, doubt 1:
pp 167-187
Does the Will Move of Its Own Accord?
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10. - Durand of St.-Pourçain (d. 1334), Commentary on the Sentences (Third Version), book I, d. 3, part 2, q. 2:
pp 188-209
Are the Soul’s Powers the Same as Its Essence?
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11. - William Ockham (d. 1347), Commentary on the Sentences (Reportatio), book II, q. 20
pp 210-231
Are Memory, Intellect, and Will Really Distinct Powers?
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Glossary of Terms
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Glossary of Arguments
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Bibliography
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Index
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From Aquinas to Ockham

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgments
pp vii-viii

Sources of the Translated Texts
pp ix-x

Notes on the Translations
pp xi-xiii

List of Abbreviations, Symbols, and Conventions
pp xiv-xvi

Introduction:
pp 1-40

1. - Bonaventure (d. 1274), Commentary on the Sentences, book II, d. 24, a. 2, q. 1:
pp 41-55

2. - Albert the Great (d. 1280), Summa theologiae, book I, treatise 3, q. 15, chap. 2, a. 2, c. 1:
pp 56-66

3. - Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274), Commentary on the Sentences, book I, d. 3, q. 4, a. 2:
pp 67-71

4. - Henry of Ghent (d. 1293), Quodlibet III, q. 14 (excerpts):
pp 72-95

5. - Godfrey of Fontaines (d. ca. 1306), Quodlibet II, q. 4:
pp 96-103

6. - Thomas of Sutton (d. ca. 1315), Ordinary Question 4 (excerpts):
pp 104-121

7. - Peter of John Olivi (d. 1298), Questions on the Sentences, book II, q. 54 (excerpts):
pp 122-144

8. - John Duns Scotus (d. 1308), Commentary on the Sentences (Reportatio A), book II, d. 16:
pp 145-166

9. - James of Viterbo (d. 1308), Quodlibet I, q. 7, doubt 1:
pp 167-187

10. - Durand of St.-Pourçain (d. 1334), Commentary on the Sentences (Third Version), book I, d. 3, part 2, q. 2:
pp 188-209

11. - William Ockham (d. 1347), Commentary on the Sentences (Reportatio), book II, q. 20
pp 210-231

Glossary of Terms
pp 232-261_

Glossary of Arguments
pp 262-264

Bibliography
pp 265-273_

Index
pp 274-280

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