God and Creatures
The Quodlibetal Questions
1st Edition
Published on 16. June 2015
584 pages
978-1-4008-7223-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first major work of the famous mediaeval scholastic theologian John Duns Scotus to be translated into English in its entirety. One of the towering intellectual figures of his age, Scotus has had a lasting influence on Western philosophy comparable only to that of Thomas Aquinas.
The questions Scotus discusses on the subject "God and Creatures" were originally presented to him in the course of a quodlibetal dispute, a public debate popular in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In revising the questions for publication, Scotus wove in much of his basic philosophy and theology, making this work one of the mainstays on which his reputation as a thinker depends.
The text of the English translation is based on the most authoritative version of the original Latin text. The extensive annotation and a glossary of technical terms permit each question to be read as an integral treatise in its own right.
Originally published in 1975.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The questions Scotus discusses on the subject "God and Creatures" were originally presented to him in the course of a quodlibetal dispute, a public debate popular in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In revising the questions for publication, Scotus wove in much of his basic philosophy and theology, making this work one of the mainstays on which his reputation as a thinker depends.
The text of the English translation is based on the most authoritative version of the original Latin text. The extensive annotation and a glossary of technical terms permit each question to be read as an integral treatise in its own right.
Originally published in 1975.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Content
Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Abbreviations, pg. xiv
Acknowledgments, pg. xv
Introduction, pg. xvii
Prologue, pg. 1
Question One. In Divine Things, is it the Essential or the Notional that is More Immediate to the Divine Essence?, pg. 5
Question Two. Could There Be Several Productions of the Same Type in God?, pg. 31
Question Three. Are these Two Compatible: A Relation Related to its Opposite Is a Real Thing; and, as Related to the Essence, it is Only an Aspect?, pg. 60
Question Four. Could the First Divine Person Remain Constituted as a Person, Distinct From the Other Persons, Apart from the Relationship of Origin?, pg. 80
Question Five. Is the Relation of Origin Formally Infinite?, pg. 108
Question Six. Is "Equality" in the Divine a Real Relation?, pg. 130
Question Seven. Can it be Demonstrated By Natural and Necessary Reason that God is Omnipotent?, pg. 159
Question Eight. Does the Divine Word Have Some Causality of His Own as Regards Creatures?, pg. 198
Question Nine. Can God Bring it About that an Angel Inform Matter?, pg. 218
Question Ten. Can God Convert the Eucharistic Species Into Something Previously Existing?, pg. 236
Question Eleven. If Both Body and Place Remain, Can God Cause the Body Not to Have Ubiety?, pg. 257
Question Twelve. Is the Relation of a Creature to God as Creator the Same as the Relation to God as Conserver?, pg. 271
Question Thirteen. Are the Acts of Knowing and Appetition Essentially Absolute or Essentially Relative?, pg. 284
Question Fourteen. Can the Soul Left to its Natural Perfection Know the Trinity of Persons in God?, pg. 315
Question Fifteen. Is the Possible Intellect Active or Passive as Regards the Concept of a Creature?, pg. 344
Question Sixteen. Are Freedom of Will and Natural Necessity Compatible as Regards the Same Act and Object?, pg. 369
Question Seventeen. Are Acts of Natural Love and Meritorious Love Specifically the Same?, pg. 388
Question Eighteen. Does The Exterior Act Add Some Goodness or Badness to the Interior Act?, pg. 399
Question Nineteen. Is the Unity in Christ of the Human Nature with the Word Merely the Assumed Nature's Dependence Upon the Word?, pg. 418
Question Twenty. Does a Priest who is Obliged to Say a Mass for Each of Two Different People Satisfy His Obligation by Saying One Mass for Both?, pg. 443
Question. Twenty-One Can One who Admits that the World is Eternal Defend the Position that Anyone Could Always be Fortunate?, pg. 469
Appendix, pg. 485
Glossary, pg. 493
Index of Authors, pg. 541
Index of Subjects, pg. 544
Contents, pg. v
Abbreviations, pg. xiv
Acknowledgments, pg. xv
Introduction, pg. xvii
Prologue, pg. 1
Question One. In Divine Things, is it the Essential or the Notional that is More Immediate to the Divine Essence?, pg. 5
Question Two. Could There Be Several Productions of the Same Type in God?, pg. 31
Question Three. Are these Two Compatible: A Relation Related to its Opposite Is a Real Thing; and, as Related to the Essence, it is Only an Aspect?, pg. 60
Question Four. Could the First Divine Person Remain Constituted as a Person, Distinct From the Other Persons, Apart from the Relationship of Origin?, pg. 80
Question Five. Is the Relation of Origin Formally Infinite?, pg. 108
Question Six. Is "Equality" in the Divine a Real Relation?, pg. 130
Question Seven. Can it be Demonstrated By Natural and Necessary Reason that God is Omnipotent?, pg. 159
Question Eight. Does the Divine Word Have Some Causality of His Own as Regards Creatures?, pg. 198
Question Nine. Can God Bring it About that an Angel Inform Matter?, pg. 218
Question Ten. Can God Convert the Eucharistic Species Into Something Previously Existing?, pg. 236
Question Eleven. If Both Body and Place Remain, Can God Cause the Body Not to Have Ubiety?, pg. 257
Question Twelve. Is the Relation of a Creature to God as Creator the Same as the Relation to God as Conserver?, pg. 271
Question Thirteen. Are the Acts of Knowing and Appetition Essentially Absolute or Essentially Relative?, pg. 284
Question Fourteen. Can the Soul Left to its Natural Perfection Know the Trinity of Persons in God?, pg. 315
Question Fifteen. Is the Possible Intellect Active or Passive as Regards the Concept of a Creature?, pg. 344
Question Sixteen. Are Freedom of Will and Natural Necessity Compatible as Regards the Same Act and Object?, pg. 369
Question Seventeen. Are Acts of Natural Love and Meritorious Love Specifically the Same?, pg. 388
Question Eighteen. Does The Exterior Act Add Some Goodness or Badness to the Interior Act?, pg. 399
Question Nineteen. Is the Unity in Christ of the Human Nature with the Word Merely the Assumed Nature's Dependence Upon the Word?, pg. 418
Question Twenty. Does a Priest who is Obliged to Say a Mass for Each of Two Different People Satisfy His Obligation by Saying One Mass for Both?, pg. 443
Question. Twenty-One Can One who Admits that the World is Eternal Defend the Position that Anyone Could Always be Fortunate?, pg. 469
Appendix, pg. 485
Glossary, pg. 493
Index of Authors, pg. 541
Index of Subjects, pg. 544
