Quaestiones de ente

Editio princeps of Peter Thomae’s De ente
It is generally acknowledged by historians of philosophy that medieval philosophers made key contributions to the discussion of the problem of being and the fundamental issues of metaphysics. The Quaestiones de ente of Peter Thomae, composed at Barcelona ca. 1325, is the longest medieval work devoted to the problem of being as well as the most systematic. The work is divided into three parts: the concept of being, the attributes of being, and the descent of being. Many of the philosophical tools that Peter pioneered in this work, such as the distinction between objective being and subjective being, and various modes of quiddities and abstraction, were adopted by later thinkers and discussed up to the eighteenth century. Apart from defending and further extending Scotistic doctrine, one of Peter’s achievements in the De ente is to fully reconcile Scotistic univocity with the traditional doctrine of the analogy of being.

In addition to the critical edition, the present volume also contains a detailed introduction and study of the philosophy and the manuscripts of the De ente, with an appendix containing the question on univocity by Francis Marbres (John the Canon), who copied extensively from the De ente.

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"Quaestiones de ente" was written by Petrus Thomae.

"Quaestiones de ente" was edited by Garrett R. Smith.

Garrett R. Smith is Associate Professor at The Catholic University of America.

Yes, "Quaestiones de ente" is part of the "Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1" series. It's book 52.2 in the series.

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The series' focus lies primarily on the continuity and thematic transitions between ancient, medieval and renaissance thought, but also includes volumes on specific topics related to any of those periods. ‘Philosophy' is understood broadly to include metaphysics, ethics, natural philosophy, epistemology and philosophy of mind, and philosophical theology. Since the series is particularly devoted to making available Latin and Greek source texts, we welcome critical text editions as well as contributions that are based on philological scrutiny of those texts, without losing sight of their philosophical importance.

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Researchers and graduate students in ancient, medieval and renaissance philosophy, in classics and in history.

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Russell Friedman, KU Leuven, Belgium

Editorial Board

Pieter Beullens, KU Leuven, Belgium
Lisa Devriese, KU Leuven, Belgium
Pieter d'Hoine, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jan Opsomer, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jenny Pelletier, KU Leuven, Belgium
Andrea Robiglio, KU Leuven, Belgium
Carlos Steel, KU Leuven, Belgium
Gerd Van Riel, KU Leuven, Belgium

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Brad Inwood, Yale Universityo, USA
Jill Kraye, The Warburg Institute, London, United Kingdom
John Marenbon, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Lodi Nauta, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Timothy Noone (†) , The Catholic University of America, USA
Robert Pasnau, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Martin Pickavé, University of Toronto, Canada,
Pasquale Porro, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Geert Roskam, KU Leuven, Belgium

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PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

II. DOCTRINAL SUMMARY

III. THE EDITION
III.1 Manuscripts
III.2 Prior editions
III.3 The textual tradition
III.3.1 Common accidents
III.3.2 Isolated accidents
III.3.3 Stemma codicum
III.3.4 Editorial principles

IV. AUTHENTICITY CXLIX

V. TITLE

VI. STATE OF COMPLETION

VII. DATE AND PLACE OF COMPOSITION

VIII. SOURCES

IX. INFLUENCE

X. THE APPENDICES

XI. ABBREVIATIONES ET SIGLA

QUAESTIONES DE ENTE
Prologus
Q. 1 Utrum conceptus entis sit per se notus vel ex aliis cognoscibilis
Q. 2 Utrum conceptus entis sit quidditativus
Q. 3 Utrum conceptus entis sit summe primus
Q. 4 Utrum ens habeat proprium conceptum distinctum a conceptu cuiuslibet entis specialis
Q. 5 Utrum ratio de conceptu dubio et certo concludat conceptum entis esse alium a conceptu cuiuslibet entis specialis
Q. 6 Utrum inter omnes conceptus quidditativos possibiles haberi de Deo et creaturis solus conceptus entis sit simpliciter simplex
Q. 7 Utrum vera analogia et vera univocatio possint se compati in eodem conceptu
Q. 8 Utrum conceptus entis sit unus sola unitate aequivocationis
Q. 9 Utrum conceptus entis sit unus sola unitate confusionis
Q. 10 Utrum conceptus entis sit unus unitate univocationis
Q. 11 Utrum univocatio conceptus entis sit realis
Q. 12 Utrum ens praedicetur ‘in quid’ de suis propriis passionibus
Q. 13 Utrum ens praedicetur ‘in quid’ de ultimis differentiis
Q. 14 Utrum conceptus entis sit immediate contrahibilis per aliquas differenetias
Q. 15 Utrum enti reali et enti rationis possit esse aliquid univocum

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Petri Thomae Retractatio supra Quaestiones de ente

Appendix 2: Francisci de Marbres Quaestiones libri Physicorum I q. 3

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDICES

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for "Quaestiones de ente" is 10.11116/9789461662620.