A mediaevalist trying to be a philosopher and a philosopher trying to be a mediaevalist write about theology, philosophy, scholarship, books, the middle ages, and especially the life, times, and thought of the Doctor Subtilis, the Blessed John Duns Scotus.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Ordinatio Translations
I came across this link of a webpage for a scholar who has translated several volumes of the Ordinatio (from the Vatican edition). There is also some other material of interest, such as Suarez, and Jerome of Montefortino, an 18th c. Scotist.
That Summa theologiae compiled by Jerome of Montefortino - it is really a compilation of selections from original Scotus? (in that case I need to know from which of Scotus´ work is the question "Whether the choice is only of possibles"), or it is Jeromes own writing which he has ascribed to Scotus? Thanks a lot for reply in advance!
But what would be the original Scotus? Ordinatio, Reportatio, Additiones magnae?
Anyway, a while back I had an exchange with some priests who were citing it, but I found Scotus to say the exact opposite of what Jerome claims is his position. So whatever it is, it doesn't count as Scotus
The only edition since the advent of print that reflects what Scotus actually wrote and what actually circulated in themiddle ages as his writings is the commentary on the De anima in opera philosophica vol. 5. Everything else is a modern rearrangement of material based on almost no principles whatever.
What is surprising is why no one else has tried to do something similar. The more his teaching is presented in context and not in selections the better on the whole. Scotus' Latin is not easy, to be sure; so all the more reason for translations to be made, and corrected by others too.
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That Summa theologiae compiled by Jerome of Montefortino - it is really a compilation of selections from original Scotus? (in that case I need to know from which of Scotus´ work is the question "Whether the choice is only of possibles"), or it is Jeromes own writing which he has ascribed to Scotus? Thanks a lot for reply in advance!
But what would be the original Scotus? Ordinatio, Reportatio, Additiones magnae?
Anyway, a while back I had an exchange with some priests who were citing it, but I found Scotus to say the exact opposite of what Jerome claims is his position. So whatever it is, it doesn't count as Scotus
The only edition since the advent of print that reflects what Scotus actually wrote and what actually circulated in themiddle ages as his writings is the commentary on the De anima in opera philosophica vol. 5. Everything else is a modern rearrangement of material based on almost no principles whatever.
What is surprising is why no one else has tried to do something similar. The more his teaching is presented in context and not in selections the better on the whole. Scotus' Latin is not easy, to be sure; so all the more reason for translations to be made, and corrected by others too.
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