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Cover Page The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/18623 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation. Author: Helm, Alfred Charles van der Title: A token of individuality : Questiones libri porphirii by Thomas Manlevelt Issue Date: 2012-03-22 2011013 [Van der Helm] 00-Prelims-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page -1 A Token of Individuality Questiones libri Porphirii by omas Manlevelt 2011013 [Van der Helm] 00-Prelims-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page -2 Folio v of the manuscript of the Questiones libri Porphirii by omas Manlevelt. 2011013 [Van der Helm] 00-Prelims-proef 4 [date 1202011115 : version 0] page -3 A Token of Individuality Questiones libri Porphirii by omas Manlevelt A critical edition with introduction and indices Proefschri ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector MagniÞcus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 22 maart 2012 klokke 16.15 uur door Alfred Charles van der Helm geboren te ’s-Gravenhage in 1958 2011013 [Van der Helm] 00-Prelims-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page -4 Promotor: prof. dr. E.P. Bos Overige commissieleden: dr. C. Dutilh Novaes prof. dr. F.A.J. de Haas dr. J.B.M. van Rijen dr. J. Spruyt prof. dr. B.G. Sundholm © 2012, A.C. van der Helm Printed by Koninklijke Wöhrmann, Zutphen Typesetting by TAT Zetwerk, Utrecht Cover design by A.C. van der Helm/Ivo Geradts On the cover: e front cover illustration is taken from folio 25va of the manuscript of the Questiones libri Porphirii by omas Manlevelt. e back cover illustration is from folio 17va of this same manuscript. 2011013 [Van der Helm] 00-Prelims-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page -5 got und der werlt unnütz Uxori Þliabusque 2011013 [Van der Helm] 00-Prelims-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page -6 2011013 [Van der Helm] 00-Prelims-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page -7 Contents INTRODUCTION . Aboutthistext..................................................... 5 .. omas Manlevelt: on Þrst acquaintance . 5 .. Denial of substance . 7 .. Primacy of individuality. 12 . omas Manlevelt, life and works . 15 .. Bibliography . 15 .. Biography . 17 ... Biographical framework. 18 ... Career in Paris . 19 ... Bibliographical data from works and manuscripts . 21 ... Anglicus? . 22 ... e spelling of the name ‘Manlevelt’. 23 ... omas’s English background and the dating of his works................................................... 25 ... omas Manlevelt and Albert of Saxony . 27 . Why this text is to be ascribed to omas Manlevelt . 29 .. emanuscript ............................................... 29 .. Comparison with other texts . 33 .. Geographical circumstances . 34 .. e dating of the Questiones libri Porphirii . 37 .. e Franciscan context . 41 .. e theologian background . 43 . Historicalbackground ............................................ 47 .. Porphyry’s book, and what it is about. 47 ... e Organon ........................................... 47 ... e Categories ......................................... 48 ... e Isagoge ............................................. 50 ... e three questions . 52 ... Commentaries on the Isagoge ......................... 53 .. omas Manlevelt’s Ockhamism............................. 56 .. Ockhamism in Oxford and in Paris. 60 .. Parisian denials of substance . 62 2011013 [Van der Helm] 00-Prelims-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page -8 viii contents .. eUniversityofParis ....................................... 65 .. eUniversityofOxford..................................... 69 ... Manlevelt and Bradwardine: De incipit et desinit ..... 70 ... Manlevelt and Bradwardine: Opus artis logicae ...... 73 . Form and contents of this text . 79 .. Questiones ..................................................... 79 ... e structuring of the Questiones ..................... 80 ... References given . 82 .. Why a commentary? . 83 .. e originality of omas Manlevelt’s approach . 86 .. omas Manlevelt’s theory of signs . 91 .. A brief summary of the contents of the questiones .......... 99 ... e individuum ........................................ 99 ... e accident . 105 ... e general structure of the text . 114 ... A comparison to other questiones-commentaries on the Isagoge .......................................... 114 ... omas Manlevelt’s commentary, questio by questio 122 . Descriptionofthemanuscriptused .............................. 139 . eeditorialprinciples............................................ 147 Bibliography ........................................................... 149 QUESTIONES LIBRI PORPHIRII Sigla .................................................................... 163 hQuestio i Utrum necesse sit aliquem scire quid genus sit et quid species etcetera ad cognitionem predicamentorum habendam 165 hQuestio i Utrum scire quid sit genus etcetera sit necesse ad divisionem faciendam . 171 hQuestio i Utrum noscere quid sit genus sit necessarium ad assignationem dinitionum . 175 hQuestio i Utrum universale sit hini intellectu ...................... 180 hQuestio i Utrumgenussitequivocum.............................. 190 hQuestio i Utrum genus sit cui supponitur species, et hoc est querere utrum illa dinitio generis sit bene data . 194 hQuestio i Utrum genus sit principium suarum specierum . 198 2011013 [Van der Helm] 00-Prelims-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page -9 contents ix hQuestio i Utrum genus predicetur de pluribus dierentibus specie .............................................................. 203 hQuestio i Utrum omne genus predicatur in quid . 206 hQuestio i Utrum genus dierat ab individuo . 210 hQuestio i Utrum individuum predicetur de uno solo . 215 hQuestio i Utrum aliquod individuum sit terminus communis. 221 hQuestio i Utrum proprietas unius individui inveniatur in altero............................................................... 227 hQuestio i Utrum species sit res distincta a termino sive a signo 231 hQuestio i Utrum homo sit species animalis . 239 hQuestio i Utrum genus et species sint sibi invicem relativa . 243 hQuestio i Utrum in dinitione speciei sit necesse poni genus . 246 hQuestio i Utrum ista dinitio speciei ‘Species est que predicatur de pluribus numero dierentibus in eo quod quid sit’,sitbona......................................................... 252 hQuestio i Utrum omne quod est ante individua, sit species specialissima....................................................... 255 hQuestio i Utrum individuum sit nomen appellativum . 260 hQuestio i Utrum unum sit genus omnium; hoc est querere, utrum talia transcendentia aliquid, res, ens, sint genera . 264 hQuestio i Utrum tantum sint decem genera et non plura, nequepauciora .................................................... 270 hQuestio i Utrum genera generalissima sint principia rerum . 278 hQuestio i Utrum inÞnita relinquenda sint ab arte . 284 hQuestio i Utrum participatione speciei plures homines sunt unushomo......................................................... 291 hQuestio i Utrum inferiora predicentur de superioribus . 296 hQuestio i Utrum species sit pars generis . 301 hQuestio i Utrum aliquid dierat a seipso . 306 hQuestio i Utrum aliqua substantia dierat ab alia separabili accidente........................................................... 310 hQuestio i Utrum aliquid ab alio dierat inseparabili accidente . 314 hQuestio i Utrum dierentia speciÞca semper faceat aliquid ab alio dierre specie . 319 hQuestio i Utrum omne faciens per se dierre sit dierentia speciÞca............................................................ 325 hQuestio i Utrum dierentia per se suscipit magis et minus . 333 hQuestio i Utrum hec dierentia animatum sensibile sit constitutiva substantie animalis. 338 hQuestio i Utrum hec dierentia immortale sit constitutiva Dei . 343 2011013 [Van der Helm] 00-Prelims-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page -10 x contents hQuestio i Utrum eadem dierentia sit discretiva generis et constitutivaspeciei ................................................ 348 hQuestio i Utrum dierentia speciÞca sit necessaria ad divisionemgeneris ................................................ 352 hQuestio i Utrum dierentia speciÞca sit necessaria ad dinitionem faciendam. 357 hQuestio i Utrum ista dinitio dierentie sit bene data: ‘dierentia est qua abundat species a genere’ . 364 hQuestio i Utrum aliqua alia dinitio dierentie convertitur cumdierentia .................................................... 368 hQuestio i Utrum proprium dicatur quadrupliciter . 374 hQuestio i Utrum aliquod accidens absit et assit preter subiecti corruptionem...................................................... 381 hQuestio i Utrum ex subiecto et accidente componatur aliquod perseunum ....................................................... 388 hQuestio i Utrum corvus possit subintelligi albus . 395 hQuestio i Utrum aliquod accidens sit genus substantiale . 403 Indexnominum ....................................................... 407 Index verborum notabilium . 409 Index exemplorum . 439 APPENDIX QUESTIONES SUPER PREDICAMENTA hQuestio i Utrum aliquis conceptus sit equivocus . 445 Samenvatting........................................................... 459 CurriculumVitae...................................................... 463 2011013 [Van der Helm] 01-Introduction-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page 1 INTRODUCTION 2011013 [Van der Helm] 01-Introduction-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0] page 2 2011013 [Van der Helm] 01-Introduction-proef 4 [date 1201301431 : version 0]