The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts

by Edited by Arthur Stephen McGrade , John Kilcullen , Matthew Kempshall

• ISBN13: 9780521280822
• ISBN10: 0521280826
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The eagerly-awaited second volume of The Cambridge Translations of Medieval Philosophical Texts will allow scholars and students access for the first time in English to major texts in ethics and political thought from one of the most fruitful periods of speculation and analysis in the history of western thought. Beginning with Albert the Great, who introduced the Latin west to the challenging moral philosophy and natural science of Aristotle, and concluding with the first substantial presentation in English of the revolutionary ideas on property and political power of John Wyclif, the seventeen texts in this anthology offer late medieval treatments of fundamental issues in human conduct that are both conceptually subtle and of direct practical import. Special features of this volume include copious editorial introductions, an analytical index, and suggestions for further reading. This is an important resource for scholars and students of medieval philosophy, history, political science, theology and literature.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
General Introduction	1	(11)
Albert the Great
Questions on Book X of the Ethics	12	(157)
Bonaventure
Conscience and Synderesis	169	(31)
Giles of Rome
On the Rule of Princes (selections)	200	(16)
Peter of Auvergne
Commentary and Questions on Book III of Aristotle's Politics (selections)	216	(41)
Henry of Ghent
Is It Rational for Someone without Hope of a Future Life to Choose to Die for the Commonwealth?	257	(14)
Godfrey of Fontaines
Does a Human Being Following the Dictates of Natural Reason Have to Judge that He Ought to Love God More than Himself?	271	(14)
James of Viterbo
Does a Human Being Have a Greater Natural Love for God than for Himself, or Vice Versa?	285	(16)
Godfrey of Fontaines
Reply to James of Viterbo on Love of God and Self	301	(6)
Henry of Ghent
Is a Subject Bound to Obey a Statute When It is Not Evident that It Promotes the Common Utility?	307	(8)
Godfrey of Fontaines
Are Subjects Bound to Pay a Tax When the Need for It Is Not Evident?	315	(6)
James of Viterbo
Is It Better to Be Ruled by the Best Man than by the Best Laws?	321	(5)
John of Naples
Should a Christian King Use Unbelievers to Defend His Kingdom?	326	(23)
William of Ockham
Using and Enjoying	349	(69)
Augustine of Ancona
Summa on Ecclesiastical Power (selections)	418	(66)
William of Ockham
Is an Errant Individual Bound to Recant at the Rebuke of a Superior?	484	(14)
Jean Buridan
Questions on Book X of the Ethics	498	(89)
John Wyclif
On Civil Lordship (selections)	587	(68)
Index	655