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Critical edition of James of Viterbo’s final questions De divinis praedicamentis and his De potentia et actu volendi

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James of Viterbo (ca. 1255–1307), Augustinian friar, master of theology at the University of Paris, and archbishop of Naples, was one of the leading philosophers and theologians of the later thirteenth century. This volume completes the critical edition of his academic works and presents his last two questions De divinis praedicamentis and his three annexed questions on the will (De potentia et actu volendi). These questions, deriving from disputations James held as Augustinian regent master of theology at the University of Paris (1293–1297), offer rich discussions of important topics: whether the plurality of divine persons and attributes entails an order of priority within God and how causality may be attributed to God. The questions on the will cover issues at the core of later medieval debates on human freedom: on the unity of the will as a power of the soul, whether the will is the primary agent in human action, and whether the will is free with respect to all its acts.

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James of Viterbo (ca. 1255–1307), Augustinian friar, master of theology at the University of Paris, and archbishop of Naples, was one of the leading philosophers and theologians of the late thirteenth century. This volume completes the critical edition of his academic works and presents his last two questions De divinis praedicamentis and his three annexed questions on the will (De potentia et actu volendi). These questions, deriving from disputations James held as Augustinian regent master of theology at the University of Paris (1293–1297), offer rich discussions of important topics: whether the plurality of divine persons and attributes entails an order of priority within God and how causality may be attributed to God. The questions on the will cover issues at the core of late medieval debates on human freedom: on the unity of the will as a power of the soul, whether the will is the primary agent in human action, and whether the will is free with respect to all its acts.

Biografie

Christopher D. Schabel is a researcher at the Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes of the CNRS, in Aubervilliers, France. He works on medieval intellectual history and the Latin East. Mark D. Gossiaux is professor of philosophy at Loyola University in New Orleans. Specializing in medieval philosophy and classical metaphysics, he is a leading authority on James of Viterbo.

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Preface VII General Introduction (Chris Schabel) XI The Life of James of Viterbo XI The Date and Genre of the Questions De divinis praedicamentis XIII The Manuscripts XVIII Differing Sequences of Questions XX The Manuscript Tradition According to Ypma XXIV Questions 28-29: The Last of the Original Questions De divinis praedicamentis XXVI Questions 30-32: James of Viterbo’s Quaestiones de potentia et actu volendi XXIX Doctrinal Introduction (Mark D. Gossiaux) XXXIX The Nature and Purpose of the Quaestiones de divinis praedicamentis XL Question 28 XLVII Question 29 LXI The Quaestiones de potentia et actu volendi LXVII Question 30 LXIX Question 31 LXXVII Question 32 LXXXI Concluding Remarks LXXXIII Technique of the edition LXXXV Quaestiones de divinis praedicamentis XXVIII-XXIX 1 Quaestio 28: Utrum in Deo sit prius et posterius secundum aliquem modum 3 Quaestio 29: Utrum causa dicatur de Deo secundum omnes eius species et modos 43 Quaestiones de potentia et actu volendi I-III 77 Quaestio 30 (1): Utrum potentia volendi dicatur tantum una res absoluta 79 Quaestio 31 (2): Utrum ad actum volendi voluntatis principalius operetur potentia ipsa quae est voluntas quam obiectum vel e converso 121 Quaestio 32 (3): Utrum voluntas sit libera respectu cuiuslibet sui actus 139 VI Contents Bibliography 151 Abbreviations 151 Primary Sources 151 Secondary Literature 155 Indices 159 I. Index codicum 159 II. Index auctorum 159 III. Index nominum 162

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