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.
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God and Creatures: The Quodlibetal Questions (Princeton Legacy Library)

Religion & Spirituality

John Duns Scotus

Christian Books & Bibles

Princeton University Press

Since the original publication of Duns Scotus on the Will and Morality in 1986, there has been a remarkable growth of interest in the thought of this early fourteenth-century Franciscan master. Allan B. Wolter's critically acclaimed book inspired much of the inquiry, and today it remains the standard source on Scotus' moral philosophy. 
This new edition of the book retains the introduction and English translations of the original thirty-four selections of texts from Scotus' writings on the will and morality. In addition to a substantially expanded bibliography, the volume includes a preface written by William A. Frank.
"With admirable perseverance . . . the author has prepared the translation of a broad selection of Scotus passages, which in carefully ordered succession present a fairly full humanistic and Christian moral doctrine. The precise aim of the work is not completeness or a simple survey of ethics but a demonstration of the rational unity and consistency of Scotus' moral philosophy and its accessibility to human reason. For a generation of students whose command of Latin is limited this will be a valuable instrument for access both to a standard line of medieval thought and to an impressively unified Christian ethics. . . . A splendid book."-Manuscripta, on the first edition
 ABOUT THE TRANSLATORS: 
 Allan B. Wolter, O.F.M., is professor emeritus of philosophy at The Catholic University of America and distinguished research professor at the Franciscan Institute in St. Bonaventure, New York. He is the author of numerous works on medieval philosophy. 
 William A. Frank is professor of philosophy at the University of Dallas.
 Table of Contents
Preface to This Edition
 Preface to the Original Edition
 Introduction
 1. General Remarks
 2. Notes on the Specific Selections
Part I. The will and Intellect
 1. Practical science
 2. The will as a rational faculty
 3. How the will controls thought
 4. Coercion and free will
Part II. The will and its inclinations
 5. The will and its inclinations
 6. Natural will and natural volition
 7. Happiness
 8. Synderesis and conscience
Part III. Moral goodness
 9. The nature of moral goodness
 10. The source of moral goodness
 11. Degrees of moral goodness and badness
 12. Does the end alone justify actions?
 13. Morally indifferent acts
 14. Is moral goodness conformity to God's will?
Part IV. God and the moral law
 15. God's justice
 16. God's absolute and ordained power
Part V. The moral law in general
 17. Natural law and divine positive law
 18. The decalogue and the law of nature
 19. On marriage and bigamy
 20. Divorce and the Mosaic law
 21. Positive law and civil authority
Part VI. The intellectual and moral virtures
 22. The will as the seat of the moral virtues
 23. Moral virtue and the gifts and fruits of the Spirit
 24. Are the moral virtues connected?
Part VII. The love of God, self, and neighbor
 25. The infused virtue of charity
 26. Love of God and neighbor
 27. Love of God and self
Part VIII. Sin
 28. Is the power to sin from God?
 29. The sin of Lucifer
 30. The sin of malice
 31. Lying
 32. Perjury
 33. The obligation to keep secrets
 34. The sin of enslavement
Texts in Translation
 Part I. The Will and Intellect
 Part II. The Will and Its Inclinations
 Part III. Moral Goodness
 Part IV. God and the Moral Law
 Part V. The Moral Law in General
 Part VI. The Intellectual and Moral Virtues
 Part VII. The Love of God, Self, and Neighbor

Duns Scotus on the Will and Morality

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

The Catholic University of America Press

Questions on Aristotle's Categories (Fathers of the Church Medieval Continuations)

This work is the first English translation of Scotus's commentary on Aristotle's Quaestiones super Praedicamenta. Although there are numerous Latin commentaries on Aristotle's Categories, Scotus's Questions is one of the few commentaries on the Categories written in the thirteenth century covering all of Aristotle's text, including the often neglected post-praedicamenta, and the only complete Latin commentary available in English. Moreover, unlike many of the commentaries, Scotus's text is one of the last commentaries to be written before the nominalist reduction of the categories to substance and quality. The question format allows Scotus a great deal of liberty to discuss the categories in detail, as well as matters that are only remotely raised by the text. Altogether, the forty-four questions cover the following subjects: questions 1–4 are prolegomena to the work itself and raise the question of its subject matter as well as whether there can be a science of the categories; questions 5–8 deal with equivocals, univocals, and denominatives; questions 9–11 discuss Aristotle's two rules regarding predication and the sufficiency of the categories; questions 12–36 discuss the four main categories treated by Aristotle, namely, substance, quantity, relation, and quality; and the remaining eight questions discuss the post- praedicamenta.

This work is the first English translation of Scotus's commentary on Aristotle's Quaestiones super Praedicamenta. Although there are numerous Latin commentaries on Aristotle's Categories, Scotus's Questions is one of the few commentaries on the Categories written in the thirteenth century covering all of Aristotle's text, including the often neglected post-praedicamenta, and the only complete Latin commentary available in English. Moreover, unlike many of the commentaries, Scotus's text is one of the last commentaries to be written before the nominalist reduction of the categories to substance and quality. The question format allows Scotus a great deal of liberty to discuss the categories in detail, as well as matters that are only remotely raised by the text. Altogether, the forty-four questions cover the following subjects: questions 1–4 are prolegomena to the work itself and raise the question of its subject matter as well as whether there can be a science of the categories; questions 5–8 deal with equivocals, univocals, and denominatives; questions 9–11 discuss Aristotle's two rules regarding predication and the sufficiency of the categories; questions 12–36 discuss the four main categories treated by Aristotle, namely, substance, quantity, relation, and quality; and the remaining eight questions discuss the post- praedicamenta.

The philosophical writings of Duns Scotus, one of the most influential philosophers of the Later Middle Ages, are here presented in a volume that presents the original Latin with facing page English translation. CONTENTS: 
Foreword to the Second Edition. Preface. Introduction. Select Bibliography. I. Concerning Metaphysics II. Man’s Natural Knowledge of God III. The Existence of God IV. The Unicity of God V. Concerning Human Knowledge VI. The Spirituality and Immortality of the Human Soul Notes. Index of Proper Names. Index of Subjects.

Duns Scotus - Philosophical Writings: A Selection

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

This book, along with its companion Volume I, give the reader, both in Latin and in English translation, a solid working text of the Examined Report of the Paris Lecture of John Duns Scotus, known to scholars as Reportatio I-A. In light of new research and observations, the Reportatio I-A represents a more advanced and mature stage of Scotus's thought. It features an expanded discussion of the divine ideas, a well-argued and concise account of the problem of contingency, a more advanced account of the "formal distinction" and a novel view of personal property. The Reportatio I-A contains a different layout of questions and sometimes whole different Distinctions compared to other theological and philosophical texts of Scotus's thought. Translation by Allan B. Wolter, OFM, and Oleg Bychkov.

John Duns Scotus: The Examined Report of the Paris Lecture: Reportatio 1-A, Volume II

Franciscan Inst Pubs

The most extensive treatment John Duns Scotus gave of the Aristotelian doctrine of potentiality and actuality is found in Book IX of his Questions on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. The relatively finished character of this last book is in sharp contrast to the incomplete character of the earlier eight books, giving it almost the aspect of an ordination or final revision that could be published as a separate work like his proof for the existence and nature of God, the De primo principio. For that treason the author thought it merited a title of its own and would be worth republishing with an English translation and a commentary for classroom use. The Latin and English text for this edition is found respectively in the critical edition of Scotus's Opera philosophica, volume four; and the second volume of Questions on the Metaphysics of Aristotle by John Duns Scotus edited by Girard Etzkorn and Allan Wolter - both published by Franciscan Institute Publications. The author has inserted the original pagination in brackets with bold print so that this volume can be used for research purposes as well as for a graduate course or seminar textbook, though he made some slight changes in the headings and the arrangement and choice of footnotes. He is grateful to F. Edward Coughlin, OFM, for correlating the Latin and English text and preparing the volume for printing. He is also extremely grateful to Margaret Carney, OSF, STD, Director of the Franciscan Institute for expediting its publication.

John Duns Scotus: A Treatise on Potency and Act, Book Ix: Questions on the Metaphysics of Aristotle Book IX (English, Latin and Latin Edition)

Allan Wolter

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.

Early Oxford Lecture on Individuation

This book, along with its companion Volume II, give the reader, both in Latin and in English translation, a solid working text of the Examined Report of the Paris Lecture of John Duns Scotus, known to scholars as Reportatio I-A. In light of new research and observations, the Reportatio I-A represents a more advanced and mature stage of Scotus's thought. It features an expanded discussion of the divine ideas, a well-argued and concise account of the problem of contingency, a more advanced account of the "formal distinction" and a novel view of personal property. The Reportatio I-A contains a different layout of questions and sometimes whole different Distinctions compared to other theological and philosophical texts of Scotus's thought. Translation by Allan B. Wolter, OFM, and Oleg Bychkov.

John Duns Scotus: The Examined Report of the Paris Lecture, Reportatio 1-A (Latin Edition)

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God and Creatures: The Quodlibetal Questions (Princeton Legacy Library)

Duns Scotus on the Will and Morality

Questions on Aristotle's Categories (Fathers of the Church Medieval Continuations)

Questions on Aristotle's Categories (Fathers of the Church Medieval Continuations)

Duns Scotus - Philosophical Writings: A Selection

John Duns Scotus: The Examined Report of the Paris Lecture: Reportatio 1-A, Volume II

John Duns Scotus: A Treatise on Potency and Act, Book Ix: Questions on the Metaphysics of Aristotle Book IX (English, Latin and Latin Edition)

Early Oxford Lecture on Individuation

John Duns Scotus: The Examined Report of the Paris Lecture, Reportatio 1-A (Latin Edition)