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).

4 comments:

Triduana said...

I've just realised: I'm now not just the only female, but the only non-cleric-or-religious. :-(

I will bring my apron and stay in the kitchen ...

fr. Thomas said...

Where are Alan's?

Mark said...

Thanks for the information. By the way, I noticed you haven't mentioned the
material in 1a,107-113. Maybe that's a colloquium in its own right, though,
along with all the other questiones on the divine government (it certainly
raises a different set of philosophical / theological issues).

Triduana said...

Woops. Well spotted. Eccole:

here are some of Alan's (disclaimer - they were not composed with publication in mind)

* How come all their knowledge is infused at creation and yet they know about contingent events in chronological order?
* "I suppose the obvious ones are thing like 'why can't there be more than one angel of the same species' or 'if every angel is a separate species how are they distinguished into orders, choirs, hierarchies etc?'"