Monday, 15 December 2008

Philosophical work of colloquium: preparation

Preparation for each of us:

1) Provide ourselves with a copy of the text - I suggest we use the old Blackfriars English text. Are there any major textual issues, or can we just each use whatever Latin text we have available?

2) Prepare questions that we have - some of mine are in the post below. Do put them in the combox as you think of them, then we can all bear them in mind when doing part 3). I will draw up a final list before the meeting starts.


3) We prepare the articles listed against our name below (that is, are prepared to present an outline of the argument in each one, plus anything else that we think ought to be said about it) - we may not get through them all, of course.

We also go through "our" articles in an edition that gives cross-references to other works, and check if there is something in those references that would be useful to have to hand - if so, either - send me the precise reference to the texts you think would be useful, or
- bring them with you in handout form (English and Latin).

[the B.A.C. edition, for example, lists cross-references at the head of each article.]

Opera omnia Latine here. Opera lots anglice here.

Alan: 50.1, 51.2, 53.2, 54.5, 56.3
Fr Andrew: 50.5, 51.3, 53.3, 55.1, 57.1
Fr Marcus: 50.3, 52.1, 54.1, 55.2, 57.2
br Paul: 50.4, 52.2, 54.2, 55.3, 57.3
fr Thomas: 50.2, 52.3, 54.3, 56.1, 57.4
Weronika: 51.1, 53.1, 54.4, 56.2, 57.5

If you have any strong feelings about doing or not doing a particular article, please swap amongst yourselves (to minimise possibility for organisational chaos).

Monday, 1 December 2008

Programme for colloquium

We should have a list of concrete discussion topics. The other option is to treat this as a reading break - we choose a list of articles and read through them together.

Here are my suggestions - they are only ideas, and I can't put them more precisely.

  • in what way is an angel composite?
  • what is a substance?
  • the difference between esse and quod est, and how composition of esse and quod est differs from that of form and matter (there is a chapter on this in the SG).
  • why angels have to be of different species (why matter is the principle of individuation)
  • something about the knowledge of the angels - personally I would choose "how the angels know singulars" :-)
I think we can count on one meeting on the first day, three on the second and one on the last - what do you chaps think?