Richard Fitzralph on the Will and Instantaneous Volition

A Critical Edition of Book I, Question 10 from Richard Fitzralph's Lectura in Sententias
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-52803-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 137, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters

The volume offers a critical edition of a text by Richard FitzRalph, one of the most original 14th-century Oxonian thinkers. FitzRalph’s philosophical and theological ideas were enthusiastically adopted or fiercely challenged, consolidating his recognition at the universities of Oxford, Paris, and Italy.

For all this, his work remains relatively little-known today, an obscurity this book redresses by making a question on the will from FitzRalph’s Lectura in Sententias available to a larger readership. Besides, FitzRalph’s strongly voluntaristic position and analytical techniques derived from the natural sciences and logic are shown to place him close to the Oxford Calculators.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michalowska, Monika

Dunne, Michael W

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction

Life and Career

The Structure and Sources of Book I, Question 10 The Structure of BookI, Question 10 The Sources of BookI, Question 10

The Content of BookI, Question 10 A Physics-Oriented Approach to the Will Willing Freely Not to Exist and Nilling the Ultimate Good

FitzRalph’s Influence on the Late Medieval Debate on the Will Adam Wodeham as a Vigilant Witness of FitzRalph’s Teaching on Loving and Cognizing Robert Holcot’s Close Reading of FitzRalph’s Arguments on Instantaneus Volition Gregory of Rimini as a Disseminator of FitzRalph’s Thought among Continental Thinkers Peter Ceffons on FitzRalph’s Arguments on Willing in an Instant

The Manuscripts of Book I, Question 10 The Description of the Manuscripts The Manuscript Tradition Editorial Principles Abbreviations Sigla Bibliographical References

Bibliography

Ricardus FitzRalph, Lectura in Sententias, LiberI, Quaestio 10: Utrum omnis amor procedat ab aliqua notitia

Argumenta principalia quaestionis

Articulus 1: Utrum voluntas sit activa respectu suae actionis vel passiva

Articulus 2: Utrum actus voluntatis fiat subito vel in tempore

Articulus 3: Utrum ex actuali notitia delectabilis obiecti sequatur necessario amor sive volitio eiusdem

Ad quaestionem

Appendix Articulus 2: Utrum actus voluntatis fiat subito vel in tempore Responsiones ad argumenta quod actus voluntatis fiat in tempore

Index locorum

Index nominum

Über Autor(innen)

Monika Michalowska, Ph.D. (2007), is Professor at the Medical University of Lódz. Her research focuses on late medieval ethics and theology. She has critically edited Richard Kilvington’s Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum and Quaestiones super libros Sententiarum (Brill, 2016, 2021, 2023).

Michael W. Dunne, Ph.D. (1993), is Professor of Medieval Philosophy at Maynooth University. His research focuses on Irish thinkers of the Middle Ages and Oxford thought in the 13th and 14th centuries. He has co-edited A Companion to Richard FitzRalph (Brill, 2023).