Index of Subjects
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Abstract knowledge, defined 179 Abstraction 30 Academicians 103 ff, 182 Academy of Plato 182 Act, first and second 57, 177 Action, immanent and transient Being, concept of 170 — correlative attributes of 9 Being, deduction of attributes of 8f — disjunctive attributes 3, 167 — first object of intellect 4 — not univocal to all predicables 4 — primacy of common predi-
Active intellect 22, 30, 121 f, 131, 183 — defined 171 Activum, defined 177 Additiones magnae xxv, xxvi After-images 112 Agent intellect, see Active intelcation of 4, 167 f
— primary transcendental 2 ff — properties of 167 — ultimate differences of 4, 166 f — univocity of 4 f, 20 ff — virtual primacy of 4, 167 f Body, relation to soul 149 ff, 153 ff lect Analogy, see Being Angel 56, 171, 186 f — destructible 154 — finite, 74 f Appetite, natural 176 Athenians 136 Attribute, defined 167 Categories, supreme genera 3,
Cause(s) 10 — of being 167 f Authentic works XXIli-Xxviii Authority, interpretation of 184 Awake, certitude of being 111 — accidentally ordered 40 f — ascending and descending of Scotus order 174 f — chance as 48 f, 109 — circularity in 39 — contingent and necessary 54 — efficient 37 f, 49 — equivocal 175 — essentially ordered 40 ff — exemplar 37 f — final 47 f, 49 — incidental 40 — infinite regress in 39, 41 ff — nature and will as 174 — univocal 175 f Certitude 97 ff 119 £ Babylonians 149 Beatific vision 173, 188 Being, analogous concept of 17 f,
il — as common to God and creatures 170 f — as knowledge of God 18, 170 — as noun and participle 166 — as possible 176 — coextensive attributes of 3, — contingent propositions and
SUBJECTS
INDEX OF — demonstrable 67, 179 — of soul 150 ff — temporal 175 faculty Certitude, disposed needed for 118, 120 Certitude, doubt and 20 — experimental knowledge and 109 ff — first principles and 104 f 106 ff — logical relations and 108 — moral 188 — mutability DeAnima, see Quaestiones in libros Aristotelis De Anima De Primo Principio, Tractatus ix, XXvii, Xxvili, Xxx Death, obligation to accept 153 Demonstration, a@ priort and a posteriori 169 — of fact and reasoned fact 169 — quia and propter quid 169 — requires necessary premises of object and 116 f — of being awake 111, 119 f — of personal actions 105, 111 ff — possibility of 96 ff — presupposes truth 171 — sense knowledge and 105, 114 ff Change, implies contingent crea-
— scholastic notion of 186 Dialectical proof 187 Differentiae ultimae 166 f Disputatio in aula xxvi Divine intellect, not 172 f, 184 — source of all intelligibility 125 f, 184 Dreams 118 ff tion 152 — requires something permaintuited nent 43 Collationes parisienses oxonienses XxVi Colour, theory of 175 Commentaria oxoniensia Xxx Common good 153 Concepts, certainty and doubt et Emanation theory 178 End, see Finis Ens rationis 171 Esse intelligibile 184 Essence, limited by existence 74 f Essential inclusion 172 Pala an existential attritube implies distinct 20 — different versus diverse 166 — irreducibly simple 166 — real 166 Conjunction, of planets 64 Contingent propositions, certitude of 111 — not inferred from necessary
— divine ideas in a qualified sense are 123 Eternal rules, truth seen' in ones 9, 104 Contingency, defined 55 122 ff Eucharist 6, 168 Evaluation, instinctive power of — implies creation 152 — implies free will 54, 173 — mutability and 152 — not implied by necessity 9, 19829 Evidence, see Certitude Evil, compatible with God 77 Exemplar, created and uncreated
— primary truth of fact 9 Contemplation of God 14, 32 Contradiction inconceivable 73 Creation, defined 179
— knowledge requires uncreated 102 — truth as conformity to 120
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Existence, limitation of essence — infinite power of 66 ff, 178 — infinity of 62 ff — intellect of 52 — knowledge identical with essence of 58 f — knows creatures 60 f — knows possibles 184 — man's knowledge of 15 ff were perfect concept of 26 f,
— not known without essence
— per accidens and per se 187 Pegieabes and first principles perfectly Factivum 177 Fallacy of asserting consequent Silewl73 False, unknowable 20, 171 Finality, primacy of 47 f Finis, agent acts for sake of 53 — negative knowledge of 15, 169 f God, not intuited 25 f, 31, 172 f, — God as ultimate 47 f First intention 171 First principles, certainty of 106 ff, 112 Forma corporeitatis 167 Formalitatibus, Quaestio disputata de, see Logica Scoti Formalitatibus, Quaestio de xxvi Fortune, an incidental cause
Free will, a condition for change _ 80 £ — opposed to nature 174
God, not self-evident 11 — not subject of metaphysics 10 ff — omnipotence of 178 — omniscient 60 f — pre-eminence of 48 f — proper concepts of 25 ff — possibles dclistinctly known by 60 £ — quidditative concept of 19 — relative perfections of 37 ff — simplicity of 19 — subject of transcendental predicates 2 f — triple primacy of 38 ff — unicity of 81 ff — univocal knowledge of 5, God, absolute perfections of 52 ff — analogical knowledge of Lath — analysis of concept of 14 ff — Anselmian argument for 73 — as being 170 — as efficient cause 39 ff — as final cause 47 f — as most perfect 24 ff, 48 f, 19 ff — virtually all things 94 — voluntary object of knowledge 26, 172 f
— will of 25, 52 ff — widsom of 25 93 £ — as uncreated Ilimination — being universally predicated light, see Haecceitas 166 Happiness, end of man_ 135, 160 ff — natural desire for 160 OFS MOE — demonstration of existence of 36 ff — goal of metaphysics 12 — indemonstrable attributes of Illumination, divine 97 ff, 100 ff, L202 Ont — of agent intellect 171 89 ff, 178, 188
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Interpretation of authority, prinIllusion 112, 119 Immateriality, defined 141 Imperfection, implies perfection ciple of 184 Intuition, defined 179 — of God 25 f, 31, 172 f, 184 — only of what is or can be 74
In quid and in quale predication 165 f Inauthentic works, list of Judgment, defined 112 xxix Inclusion, essential 172 Individual difference 166 Induction, principle of 109 f, 114 Infinity, defined
— intensive and extensive 178 — intrinsic mode of being 27, Knowledge, certitude of, see Certitude — contingency of existential
— essential and existential 16 — incompatible with falsity 20,
— most proper notion of God
— possibility of 96 ff — scientific 109 ff, 171 — strict (scientia) 171 27 tell — numerical 31, 64, 68 f — of causes 39 ff Infinity, potential 31 — unknowable 14 Intellect, abstractive power of 30 Law of disjunction 8 Lectura, xix, xxiii, Xxv, Xxx Lectura, meaning of xxiii Light, uncreated, see Illumination Locus a minori 173 Logica Scoti xxv, xxix Logical writings of Scotus xxvii f Love, natural 176, 181 — agent, see Active intellect — as passive potency 185 — formally distinct from soul
— motivating factor of 22 — of man desires infinite being 70 f — possible or passive 171 — voluntary and natural objects of 172 f Intellectual knowledge, transcends all senses 139 ff Intellectus agens, see Active intellect Intellectus possibilis 185 Intelligence, kinds of 183 Intelligences, see Angel, Separate Man, end of lower creation 135 — highest happiness of 160 ff Matter, incorruptible 185 Metaphysics, see Quaestiones subtilissimae in Metaphysicam Aristotelis Metaphysics, | ff Substances — emanation from first cause — as theology 15 — God, the goal of 9 ff — science of causes 12 — science of transcendentals 2 — subject of 9 ff Monasticon Scoticanum, xiv Moon, intelligence of 171 Movement, infinite 36
— soul created by 150 f Intelligible species 28, 118, 177 Intelligibles, primary 4 entoe first and second 166,
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
ee of common predication Natural agent 187 Natural desire 152, 158 ff
— of efficient causality 39 ff — of virtuality 167 f Principles, certifude of 106 ff Properties (propria), defined 167 Proprium (passio) 167 Pure spirit, see Separate substances — not in vain 30, 146 — theory of 188 Natural philosophy, subject of 10 — relation to metaphysics 10 Nature, absolute and in present state 16 — opposed to will 174 Necessary reasons 186 Negation, knowledge of 15 f New Year, Gallican custom x Number, infinite 31, 64, 68 f Quaestiones in libros Aristotelis De anima, xxviii Quaestiones quodlibetales, see Quodlibet Questiones subtilisstmae in Metaphysicam Aristotelis, xiii, xxviii
Quando, as category 3 Quantity, infinite 77 f Quiddity 165 Quodlibet xxii, xxx — species like 51 Omnipotence 65 ff, 178 f One, attribute of being 3 Opus oxoniense, xxili, Xxx Opus parisiense, xxiii, xxv Order, ascending and descending 174 Ordinatio, vii, xi, XV, XXi, Xxiii, xxiv,
Ratio Anselmi 73 — intelligendi 69, 177 Rationes aeternae (eternal reasons
XXV, XXVii, XXIX, XXX
Ordinatio, meaning of, xxiii, XXiv or rules) 97 ff, 122 ff Relation, unknown unless both terms known 121 Reportata parisiensia, xxi, xxv, XXill, XXVi Reportatio 1 A (examined report) Parts, subjective and_ essential
Passiones 167 Per accidens and per se causes 4() Per se predication 167 f.
Perfection, pure and mixed 24, XXiV, XXV, XXVi Resurrection 132 ff, 137 CEs We Permanent, condition for change Sceptic, see Academician Sceptisicm 103 ff Science (scientia), defined
— presupposes existence of sub-
Physics, see Natural philosophy Possibles, have esse intelligible
Posterior, prior not virtually inject 10 Scotistic Commission xxxi Self-evident (per se notum), see Principles Senses, error of 101, 105, 109 cluded in 23 Potency, contradictory 177 Potential, known through act 31 Pre-eminence, primacy of 48 f Predication in quid and in quale 114 f Sensibles, not in continual flux 11I5f Sentences (of Peter xi, Xili, XV, XIX, XX Lombard) 165 f Predication per se 167 f
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
Trinity 23, 185 True, attribute of being 3 Truth, as conformity to exemplar Separate substances 186 f — intelligible 30 f Simple intellect 7, 168 f 99 ff — certain — intelligence 121, 168 f Simpliciter simplex 166 Singularity 32 f, 91 Soul 133 ff and unadulterated
— knowledge of 96 ff — senses an occasion, not cause — Averroistic theory of 138,
— defined 137 — has per se existence 153 f — immortality of 145 ff — origin of 150 f — specific form of man 137 ff — spirituality of 133 ff Specific difference 167 Spirits, see Separate substances Subject, prior to attributes 168 Subjective parts 185 Substance, not known directly 5 f Syllogism, the perfect 183 of 108 f Ultimate differences (differentiae ultimae) 166 £ Unicity of God 82 ff Univocal concept, defined 20 Univocity of being, see Being Vesperies Xix, XXxVi Virtual inclusion 172 Virtual primacy, of being 167 f Vis aestimativa 19, 29 Volition 144 f Will, as nature 181 Theology, subject of 169 — basis of contingency 54 f aa good as object of Theoremata xxvii Transcendentals 2 ff — coexistensive attributes 3 — defined 3 — disjunctive attributes 3 Triangle, symbol of Trinity 185 — more noble than _ intellect
Wisdom, principle of order 53
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CONTENTS:
Foreword to the Second Edition.
Preface.
Introduction.
Select Bibliography.
Philosophical Writings:
|. Concerning Metaphysics. _ |I. Man's Natural Knowledge of God. lll. 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.
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