Abstract

In providing us with these 'notes' of Duns Scotus on Aristotle's De Metaphysica, Giorgio Pini renders a highly significant service to Scotus scholarship. Perhaps just as complicated and difficult to grasp as Scotus' thought – and certainly just as prone to misinterpretation – is the complex history behind his vast literary corpus. Not surprisingly, given the intricate, often muddled manuscript tradition surrounding Scotus' works, the production of a complete critical edition of his writings has proved both a challenging and, at times, seemingly herculean task. Whilst a critical edition of Bonaventure's Opera Omnia, and several critical or 'safe' editions of Aquinas' numerous theological and philosophical opuscula...