Early Oxford Lecture on Individuation

Allan B. Wolter, OFM

Publication Year: 2005

The problem on individuation, because of its theological implications, was a particularly controversial topic in university circles in the late thirteenth century, particularly at Paris and Oxford. The Lectura text translated in this book is from the first bachelor lectures in Oxford by John Duns Scotus on theological issues occasioned by Peter Lombard's Sentences. Book Two of Peter's collection of opinions of Fathers of the Church, which served as a university textbook, began with a discussion of angels. Scotus tells us Distinction Three "treats of the personality of the angels" and it was this that prompted him to raise these six questions about the individuation of a material substance.

Published by: Franciscan Institute Publications

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In 1981, for the benefit of some of my philosophy students at the Catholic University of America, I made a very rough translation of these questions of John Duns Scotus on the principle of individuation based on the most . . .

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The problem of individuation, because of its theological implications, was a particularly controversial topic in university circles, especially at Paris and Oxford in the late thirteenth century. It is not surprising, then, . . .

The Principle Of Individuation / De Principio Individuationis

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1 Circa distinctionem tertiam, in qua tractatur de personalitate angelorum, quaeritur primo de singularitate in substantiis materialibus, quia secundum quod diversimode dictur de causa individuationis in . . .

E-ISBN-13: 9781576592830
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Page Count: 114
Publication Year: 2005

Edition: First
Series Editor Byline: Allan B. Wolter, OFM

Early Oxford Lecture on Individuation

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The Principle Of Individuation / De Principio Individuationis

Research Areas

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Subject Headings

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