Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Scotistic Flair

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It only works in latin. Ordinatio IV d.3 q.3 n.100 (XI 192): "Et ideo non urget nos illa dubitatio, Decretum 1, quaestione 1, "De...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

A Warm and Fuzzy Syllogism

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I have not read much in medieval sacramental theology, so I do not know if this position is common or not. It came up when I was reading a s...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Peter Thomae Contra Scotus

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After reading William of Alnwick and the huge amount of space he devotes to criticizing Scotus, Peter Thomae turns out to be a bit of a disa...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Alnwick contra Scotus

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For all of you just dying to know what went on in the 14th century after Scotus came up with his controversial views on the production of th...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

From the Realm of Spells and Fairies

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Stump, Aquinas , 61: "Aquinas's account of the virtues is rich and complex, and his discussion them is situated in an intricate net...
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Monday, December 1, 2008

Letter of Pope Benedict XVI on Duns Scotus

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From Giovanni Lauriola: http://www.centrodunsscoto.it/articoli/Articoli_html/Papa_per_Scoto.htm RECENSIONE BENEDICTI XVI SUMMI POTIFICIS EPi...
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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Pico della Mirandola on the Sects of Philosophers

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I've done gone and gotten myself interested in renaissance philosophy. I'm starting with Pico and Ficino and will move on from there...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Lost Works of Scotus

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Marianus de Florentia, C ompendium Chronicarum Fratrum Minorum (Archivum Franciscanum Historicum 2 [1909], p. 631) "Item eodem anno 13...
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Monday, November 17, 2008

New Blog

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For those of you who want even more texts than those which we sometimes post here at The Smithy, take a look at the new blog listed below. H...
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

St. Bonaventure on the Veneration of Images

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In III Sententiarum, d. 9 a.1 q.2: "It should be said that the introduction of images in the Church was not without rational cause. Fo...
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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Visions of Gonsalvus

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Alvaro Pelagio (d. 1349) De statu et planctu ecclesiae lib. 2 c. 67 fol. 169v-170r: "Et quamquam sanctae memoriae frater Gonsalvus hisp...
Monday, November 10, 2008

Opera Omnia XI

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I noticed yesterday that a new volume of the Ordinatio is now available from www.fratiquaracchi.it , covering Book IV d.1-7, at the hefty p...
Saturday, November 8, 2008

700 Years!

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Happy optional memorial, everyone! Today is the 700th anniversary of his death in Cologne. Here's to another 700 years. May he soon be c...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Proclus, Scotus and the Trinity

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The following is a highly interesting bit from Proclus, the platonic theologian. At the outset, I do not think that this is directly applica...
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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Aristotle's Tomb

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I am about to post a series on Henry of Harclay's first ordinary question (recently edited by M. Henninger), which concerns theories of ...
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