NOCTUA
La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno
History of Philosophy from the Ancient to the Modern Age
Autore / Author: Miroslav Hanke
Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Czech Academy of Sciences
Titolo / Title: Johann Eck’s Textbooks as a Continuation of the Oxford Calculators. A Case Study into Sixteenth-Century German Scholasticism
Abstract: Johann Eck (1486–1543) has been introduced to modern scholarship as a prominent figure of the pre-Tridentine Counter-Reformation. As part of the curricular transformations of the University of Ingolstadt, he wrote commentaries on logical and scientific works by Aristotle and Peter of Spain. Utilising a variety of sources, the two volumes dedicated to physics and natural philosophy published in 1518 and 1519 were self-contained textbooks including annotated translations of the texts and quaestio-commentaries. These developed the doctrines of the Oxford Calculators mediated through Continental sources, reproducing their conceptual and mathematical apparatus, including the famous middle degree theorem and Bradwardine’s law.
Keywords: Johann Eck; Oxford Calculators; Aristotle commentaries; Scholastic physics; Bradwardine’s law; middle degree theorem.
DOI: 10.14640/NoctuaXI4
Anno / Volume: XI
Fascicolo / Issue: 1
Pagine / Pages: 156-199
Pubblicazione / Publication date: 01/01/2024
Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/NoctuaXI4
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