MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY

CHAIR OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD MANAGING EDITOR Norman Kretzmann Scott MacDonald Philosophy, Cornell University Philosophy and Religious Studies, Cornell University EDITORIAL BOARD Jan A. Aertsen Kent Emery, Jr. Thomas-Institut, University of Cologne Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame E.J. Ashworth Ludger Honnefelder Philosophy, University of Waterloo Philosophy, Fήedήch-Wilhelm University, Stephen F. Brown Bonn Theology, Boston College Mark D. Jordan David B. Burrell Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame Philosophy and Theology, Eleonore Stump University of Notre Dame Philosophy, Saint Louis University

EDITORIAL ADVISORS Marilyn McCord Adams (Yale University), Linos G. Benakis (Academy of Athens), Deborah Black (University of Toronto), Olivier Boulnois (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris), Therese-Anne Druart (Catholic University of America), Stephen Dumont (University of Toronto), Sten Ebbesen (Institute of Medieval Greek & Latin Philology, Copenhagen), Alfred J. Freddoso (University of Notre Dame), Lenn E. Goodman (Vanderbilt University), John J. Haldane (University of St Andrews), Simo Knuuttila (University of Helsinki), Alain de Libera (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris), Matthias Lutz-Bachmann (Goethe University, Frankfurt), John Marenbon (Trinity Col- lege, Cambridge), Lauge Nielsen (Institute for Church History, Copenhagen), Luca Obertello (Universita di Genova), Francesco del Punta (Scuola Normale, Pisa), Paul Vincent Spade (Indiana University), Edith D. Sylla (North Carolina State University), John F. Wippel (Catholic University of America)

Medieval Philosophy and Theology is devoted to the publication of original articles in all areas of medieval philosophy, including logic and natural science, and in medieval theology, including Chris- tian, Jewish, and Islamic. Coverage extends from the Patristic period through the neoscholasticism of the seventeenth century. Medieval Philosophy and Theology will also publish review articles and article- length critical discussions of important books in the field. Medieval Philosophy and Theology is published twice each year. Annual subscription rates for Volume 5, 1996: Institutional, US $72.00 in the USA, Canada, and Mexico, UK£ 44.00 elsewhere; Individual, US $36.00 in the USA, Canada, and Mexico, UK£ 22.00 elsewhere. Prices include postage and handling. Editorial Office: Medieval Philosophy and Theology, The Sage School of Philosophy, 218 Goldwin Smith Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3201. Fax: (607) 255-8177: e-mail: CU_Philosophy@cor- nell.edu. Publishing, Subscription, and Advertising Offices: Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011, or Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU, England. Contents of current issues may be found at the Cambridge University Press home page: http://www.cup.org or http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk.

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