Liber sex principiorum
The Liber sex principiorum (or Liber de sex principiis) is an anonymous
logica vetus ('old logic') curriculum and by the mid-thirteenth century was erroneously ascribed to Gilbert de la Porrée. It was widely commented upon by medieval philosophers, including Robert Kilwardby, Nicholas of Paris, Martin of Dacia, Radulphus Brito, Peter of Auvergne and Thomas of Erfurt.[1] Nevertheless, the complete text does not survive, only fragments.[2]
There is a
critical edition in Lorenzo Minio-Paluello
, ed. (1966), Categoriarum supplementa: Pophyrii Isagoge translatio Boethii et Anonymi fragmentum vulgo vocatum 'Liber sex principiorum', Aristoteles Latinus, vol. I: 6–7, Desclée de Brouwer.
Notes
- ^ a b McMahon 1980, p. 4.
- ^ a b Patar 2006, pp. 60–61.
Bibliography
- McMahon, William E. (1980). "The Liber sex principiorum, a Twelfth-Century Treatise in Descriptive Metaphysics". In .
- Patar, Benoît (2006). Dictionnaire des philosophes médiévaux. Éditions Fides.