Nicole Oresme, questiones super physicam (books I-VII) / / edited with introduction and indices by Stefano Caroti ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters, Bd. 112
• Author: Oresme, Nicole, approximately 1320-1382.
• TeilnehmendeR: Caroti, Stefano.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English; Latin
• Series: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; Bd. 112.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (897 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Questiones super physicam (books I-VII).; Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Bibliography /; Circa librum Physicorum queritur primo utrum cognitio unius rei faciat ad cognitionem alterius /; Consequenter queritur utrum omne scibile habens causas sciatur per illas /; Consequenter queritur utrum ordo doctrine scientie naturalis incipiat a minus notis nature /; Consequenter queritur utrum universale sit prius notum quam singulare vel minus universale /; Consequenter queritur utrum ens sit univocum ad substantiam et ad accidens /; Consequenter queritur utrum omne accidens habeat subiectum adequatum, loquendo secundum viam positam in questione precedenti /; Consequenter queritur utrum totum sit sue partes aut res distincta a partibus /; Consequenter queritur utrum hec sit vera: ‘tantum unum est’ /; Consequenter queritur utrum cuiuslibet totius notitia dependeat ex cognitio e suarum partium /; Consequenter queritur utrum in qualibet specie sit dare minimum naturale, verbi gratia ut minimus homo et caro vel aliquod tale /; Consequenter queritur utrum in qualibet specie sit dare maximum naturale /; Consequenter queritur utrum aliquid possit fieri ex nihilo /; Consequenter queritur utrum cuiuslibet transmutationis naturalis sint tantum tria principia vel si sint tria principia rerum naturalium /; Consequenter queritur utrum materia prima sit unum principium rei naturalis /; Consequenter queritur utrum privatio sit ens /; Consequenter queritur utrum privatio sit principium distinctum a materia /; Consequenter queritur utrum forma omnis materialis sit principium /; Consequenter queritur utrum alicuius substantie materialis sint plures forme substantiales, vel utrum materia possit simul habere plures formas substantiales /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004250255
• ISSN: 0169-8028
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited with introduction and indices by Stefano Caroti ... [et al.].

Among the commentaries on Aristotle's Physics produced by medieval masters in the 14th Century Oresme's is one of the most interesting. The main problems of natural philosophy (motion, time, intension and remission of forms) as well as cognitive and ontological issues are widely discussed. Oresme proposes original solutions to most of these topics, based on an original view concerning the relationship between substance and its properties ( condicio/condiciones, modi rerum ); Oresme’s solutions are always associated with sharp criticism of the two main philosophical schools: the realists (Walter Burley) and the nominalist (William Ockham). This commentary is a very valuable record of the philosophical discussions at Paris in the midst of the 14th Century.