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.

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

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

Format: Text edition - ebook

830 pages

ISBN: 9789461662620

Publication: September 21, 2018

Series: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1 52.2

Languages: English | Latin

Garrett Smith is an academic councillor at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, where he teaches in the Institute of Philosophy and serves as advisor to the Scotus Archives.

 

 
This volume contains Peter Thomae’s 'Quaestiones de ente', his masterpiece of scholastic metaphysics, in a no less masterful edition by Garrett R. Smith. [...] Indeed, we should be grateful to Garrett Smith for allowing us a glimpse of what might have been.
Claus A. Andersen, Archivum Franciscanum Historicum 112 (2019), Fasc. 1-2