Simon of Faversham Quaestiones Super Libro Posteriorum
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Simon of Faversham Quaestiones super libro Posteriorum Edited and translated by John Longeway 2016 First published April, 2016, at longeway.wordpress.com © John Longeway 2016 iii Preface I began the work for this volume when I was a graduate student, writing my dissertation on the material contained herein, at Cornell University, in 1975. I hope I have finally gotten it right! I have chosen to publish it myself in an electronic format for several cumulative reasons. I am now retired, and have no use for more peer-reviewed pieces to support applications for tenure and full professorship. I have found that most presses are willing to publish this sort of material only with financial assistance. And this way, I can do things the way I like, which is especially easier for me, given that I have never enjoyed any secretarial assistance for research from my workplace, quite justifiably, given the teaching priorities of the institution and its financial resources. As for distribution, I suspect that those who can use the book will find it, for the immediate future. I wish to thank most especially Professor Norman Kretzmann, who supervised my dissertation on Simon of Faversham at Cornell University, and provided both scholarly and material assistance to every phase of my work, and Professor Francesco del Punta of the University of Pisa, who introduced me both to Simon’s work and to the science of paleography. I also owe thanks to the Philosophy Department of the University of Wisconsin at Parkside, for hiring me to teach undergraduates, many of them the first in their families to attend college, despite an absurdly narrow specialization in medieval logic, and so providing the material subsistence without which this work could not have been completed. I have received good advice as well from Dr. Sten Ebbesen, of the University of Copenhagen. iv Contents Contents of Quaestiones veteres super libro Posteriorum. iii Contents of Quaestiones novae super libro Posteriorum. ix Acknowledgments. xiii Abbreviations. xiv Introduction. 1 The Life of Simon of Faversham. 1 Simon of Faversham’s Works.. 5 The Commentary on the Posterior Analytics. 11 The Manuscripts and His tory of the Text.. 13 Doctrinal Notes: Esse in Effectu and the Real Distinction between Essence and Existence. 15 Quaestiones veteres super libro Posteriorum. 26 Quaestiones novae super libro Posteriorum. 331 Questions of the Posterior Analytics : First Set.. 438 Questions on the Posterior Analytics : Second Set.. 641 Bibliography. 769 Works cited in notes to the edition.. 769 Works by and about Simon of Faversham. 773 Manuscripts.. 784 Index of Citations. 786 Subject Index. 816 v Quaestiones Veteres Super Libro Posteriorum (Edited from Ambrosiana C. 161 Inf. (ms. M), Merton College, Coxe 292 (ms. O), and, through Quaestio 9, Kassell, Murhardsche Bibliothek der Stadt Kassel und Landesbibliothek, 2 o Ms. Phys. 11 (ms. K)) Proemium : Sicut dicit Philosophus in X Ethicorum , talis vita quae vacat contemplationi veritatis... (M: 79va O: 138ra K 78ra). 26 Quaestio 1 : Utrum logicus possit docere artem demonstrandi. (M: 79va O: 138ra K: 78ra). 28 Quaestio 2 : Utrum aliquis possit invenire vel acquirere de novo artem demonstrandi. (M: 80ra O: 138va K: 78va).. 35 Quaestio 3 : Utrum cognitio sensitiva sit certior cognitione intellectiva. (M: 80va O: 138vb K: 78vb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 1, 71a1 ff... 44 Quaestio 4 : Utrum cognitio principiorum primorum sit nobis innata aut acquisitiva. (M: 81ra O: 139rb K: 79rb). 52 Quaestio 5 : Utrum sint tria praecognita. (M: 81ra O: 139rb K: 79va) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 1, 71a11 ff.. 56 Quaestio 6 : Utrum de passione oporteat praecognoscere quia est. (M: 81va O: 139va K 79vb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 1, 71a19 ff.. 61 Quaestio 7 : Utrum de subiecto oporteat praecognoscere si est. (M: 81va O: 139vb K: 80ra) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 1, 71a26 ff.. 66 Quaestio 8 : Utrum aliquis possit cognoscere principia et ignorare conclusionem. (M: 81vb O: 40ra K 80rb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 1, 71a18 ff.. 70 Quaestio 9 : Utrum addiscens aliquam conclusionem prius scivit eam aut non. vi (M: 82ra O: 140ra K: 80va) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 1, 71a24 ff.. 76 Quaestio 10 : Utrum primae dignitates ingrediantur demonstrationem de primo. (M: 82va O: 140vb K: 80vb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 2, 71b9 ff. 85 Quaestio 11 : Utrum primae dignitates ingrediantur demonstrationem. (M: 83ra O: 141ra K: 81rb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 2, 71b27 ff.. 90 Quaestio 12 : Utrum contingat scire non entia. (M: 83ra O: 141rb K: 82ra) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 2, 79b9 ff.. 92 Quaestio 13 : Utrum demonstratio sit ex prioribus et notioribus. (M: 83rb O: 141va K: 82rb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 2, 71b29-30.. 96 Quaestio 14 : Utrum universale sit prius secundum naturam an singulare. (M: 83va O: 141vb K: 82va) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 2, 71b35 ff... 99 Quaestio 15 : Utrum primorum principiorum sit scientia. (M: 84ra O: 142ra K: 83rb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 2, 72a25 ff.. 105 Quaestio 16 : Utrum principia sint certiora et veriora conclusionibus. (M: 84va O: 142va K: 83va) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 2, 72a27 ff.. 109 Quaestio 17 : Utrum contingat aliquid scire. (M: 84va O: 142vb K: 83vb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 3, 72b5 ff... 112 Quaestio 18 : Utrum scientia possit generari in aliquo per solam inventionem absque doctore. (M: 85rb O: 143rb K: 84va) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 3, 72b17 ff... 119 Quaestio 19 : Utrum scire insit homini a natura. (M: 85va O: 143vb K: 84vb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 3, 72b17 ff.. 122 Quaestio 20 : Utrum contingat circulo demonstrare. (M: 85vb O: 144ra K: 85ra) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 3, 72b15 ff. and 72b25 ff.. 125 Quaestio 21 : Utrum terminus communis per unam rationem dicatur de suppositis praesentibus, praeteritis et futuris. (M: 86ra O: 144rb K: 85rb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 4, 73a27 ff. and 74b5 ff.. 128 Quaestio 22 : Utrum in universali affirmativa terminus solum distribuatur pro vii his quibus convenit forma termini. (M: 87va O: 145va K: 86va) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 4, 73a27 ff... 145 Quaestio 23 : Utrum sint tantum quattuor modi eius quod est per se. (M: 87vb O: 145vb K: 86vb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 4, 73a35-b24 for this and Questions 24-36.. 148 Quaestio 24 : Utrum esse in effectu praedicetur de aliquod per se primo modo dicendi per se. (M: 88ra O: 146ra K: 87ra). 151 Quaestio 25 : Utrum definitio per se praedicetur de definito. (M: 88rb O: 146rb K: 87rb). 154 Quaestio 26 : Utrum haec sit per se primo modo, "Socrates est homo." (M: 88va O: 146va K: 87va). 157 Quaestio 27: Utrum ista sit per se vera, "Homo est animal," nullo homine existente. (M: 89ra O: 147ra K: 88ra). 163 Quaestio 28 : Utrum ad perseitatem propositionis requiratur non solum identitas rei sed rationis, ita quod res in re et ratio in ratione includatur. (M: 89va O: 147rb K: 88rb). 167 Quaestio 29 : Utrum accidens proprium habeat definiri per suum subiectum. (M: 89vb O: 147vb K: 88vb). 171 Quaestio 30 : Utrum unum accidens possit praedicari de alio accidente secundo modo dicendi per se. (M: 90ra O: 147vb K: 89ra).. 173 Quaestio 31 : Utrum aliquod accidens per se insit subiecto. (M: 90rb O: 148ra K: 89rb). 177 Quaestio 32 : Utrum hoc sit per se secundo modo, "Linea est recta." (M: 90va O: 148rb K: 89va). 180 Quaestio 33 : Utrum aliquod accidens sit ens per se tertio modo. (M: 90vb O: 148va K: 89vb). 184 Quaestio 34 : Utrum secundae substantiae sint entes per se, quia Philosophus satis facit mentionem de prima substantia. (M: 91ra O: 148vb K: 90ra) viii ............................................................. 186 Quaestio 35 : Utrum tertius modus sit modus essendi aut modus inhaerendi. (M: 91rb O: 149ra K: 90va). 190 Quaestio 36 : Utrum subiectum sit causa efficiens respectu suae propriae passionis. (M: 91va O: 149rb K: 90vb).. 192 Quaestio 37 : Utrum universale sit conditio subiecti vel praedicati. (M: 92ra O: 149va K: 91rb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 4, 73b25-74a3.. 196 Quaestio 38 : Utrum accidens quod universaliter et primo inest subiecto possit demonstrari de subiecto. (M: 92rb O: 149vb K: 91va) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 4, 73b25-74a3.. 199 Quaestio 39 : Utrum unum et idem, puta una et eadem species passionis, possit primo inesse diversis. (M: 92va O: 150ra K: 91vb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 4, 73b25-74a3.. 203 Quaestio 40 : Utrum cognoscens particulare cognoscat universale. (M: 92vb O: 150rb K: 92ra) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 5, 74a33 ff.. 206 Quaestio 41 : Utrum demonstratio possit descendere de genere in genus. (M: 93rb O: 150vb K: 92vb) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 7, 75a38 ff.. 212 Quaestio 42 : Utrum medium et extrema oporteat esse in eodem genere. (M: 93va O: 151ra K: 92vb). 214 Quaestio 43 : Utrum singularium sit scientia et definitio. (M: 93vb O: 151rb K: 93ra) Cf. Posterior Analytics I 8, 75b22 ff.. 216 Quaestio 44 : Utrum intellectus possit intelligere singulare. (M: 94ra O: 151va K: 93rb)..