William of Ockham: Questions on Virtue, Goodness, and the WillEric W. Hagedorn William of Ockham (d. 1347) was among the most influential and the most notorious thinkers of the late Middle Ages. In the twenty-seven questions translated in this volume, most never before published in English, he considers a host of theological and philosophical issues, including the nature of virtue and vice, the relationship between the intellect and the will, the scope of human freedom, the possibility of God's creating a better world, the role of love and hatred in practical reasoning, whether God could command someone to do wrong, and more. In answering these questions, Ockham critically engages with the ethical thought of such predecessors as Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus. Students and scholars of both philosophy and historical theology will appreciate the accessible translations and ample explanatory notes on the text. |
Contents
Ockhams View in Three Conclusions 610 | 6 |
Are Memory Intellect and Will Really Distinct | 19 |
Contents of the Question | 23 |
Nine Worries 2533 | 25 |
Ockhams View 3550 | 35 |
23 | 38 |
Responses to the Initial Arguments 5152 | 51 |
Ord d 1 q 1 Is Enjoyment an Act of the Will Alone? | 56 |
Does a Virtuous Habit Have the Intellective Part | 159 |
Rep III q 12 16 On SelfControl Temperance and Prudence | 172 |
Var Ques q 6 a 10 17 Could the Will Have a Virtuous Act concerning | 197 |
Intellect? Var Ques q 8 18 Is a Bad Angel Always Engaging in a Bad Act? | 207 |
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Rep IV qq 1011 excerpts On Acts That are Intrinsically and Necessarily | 249 |
Virtuous Var Ques q 7 a 1 excerpts 21 Is Only an Act of the Will Necessarily Virtuous? | 255 |
Morals? Quod II q 14 | 262 |
Ord d 1 q 2 Does the Will Contingently and Freely Enjoy the | 75 |
Rep IV q 16 | 100 |
Could God Make a World Better than This World? | 119 |
to the Divine Will? Ord d 48 q un | 140 |
its Subject? Rep III q 11 15 Is Every Virtuous Habit Generated from Acts? | 147 |
Is It Necessary to Posit in Addition to the Holy | 285 |
Ord d 17 q 2 26 Does Every Meritorious Act Presuppose Created | 306 |
27 | 315 |
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