Paul of Venice

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Paolo Nicoletti Veneto
Paul of Venice
Bornc. 1369
Died15 June 1429(1429-06-15) (aged 59–60)
NationalityItalian
Education
EraMedieval philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School
Main interests
Metaphysics, logic, ontology, epistemology

Paul of Venice (or Paulus Venetus; 1369–1429) was a

metaphysician of the Order of Saint Augustine
.

Life

Paul was born, according to the chroniclers of his order, at

Paul was also appointed Prior General of the Augustinian Order in 1409 by

Philosophical work

Logica, 1546

Paul's philosophy has been categorised within the

John Buridan, and Marsilius of Inghen, and sometimes gauged these thinkers' theses against each other to undermine their positions.[8]

Works

His writings show a wide knowledge and interest in the scientific problems of his time.

  • Commentaries on the works of Aristotle:
    • Expositio in libros Posteriorum Aristotelis.
    • Expositio super VIII libros Physicorum necnon super Commento Averrois (1409).
    • Expositio super libros De generatione et corruptione.
    • Lectura super librum De Anima.
    • Conclusiones Ethicorum.
    • Conclusiones Politicorum.
    • Expositio super Praedicabilia et Praedicamenta (1428).
  • Logical works:
    • Logica Parva or Tractatus Summularum (1395–96).
    • Logica Magna (1397–98).
    • Quadratura.
    • Sophismata Aurea.
  • Other works:
    • Super Primum Sententiarum Johannis de Ripa Lecturae Abbreviatio (1401).
    • Summa philosophiae naturalis (1408).
    • De compositione mundi.
    • Quaestiones adversus Judaeos.
    • Sermones.
  • Logica (in Latin). Pavia: Antonio Carcano. 1483.
  • Logica (in Latin). Venezia: Bartolomeo Imperatore & Francesco Imperatore. 1546.

English translations

  • Logica Parva. München: Philosophia Verlag 1984.

Translation of the 1472 Edition with introduction and notes by Alan R. Perreiah.

  • Logica Magna. Tractatus de suppositionibus. St. Bonaventure, NY: Franciscan Institute 1971.

Edited and translated by Alan R. Perreiah

  • Logica Magna. Part I Fascicule 1: Tractatus de terminis. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1979.

Edited with an English translation and notes by Norman Kretzmann.

  • Logica Magna. Part I Fascicule 7: Tractatus De scire et dubitare. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1981.

Edited with an English translation and notes by Patricia Clarke.

  • Logica Magna. Part I Fascicule 8: Tractatus De necessitate et contingentia futurorum. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1991.

Edited with an English translation and notes by C. J. F. Williams.

  • Logica Magna. Part II Fascicule 3: Tractatus De hypotheticis. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1990.

Edited with an English translation and notes by Alexander Broadie.

  • Logica Magna. Part II Fascicule 4: Capitula De conditionali et de rationali. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1990.

Edited with an English translation and notes by George Edward Hughes.

  • Logica Magna. Part II Fascicule 6: Tractatus de veritate et falsitate propositionis et Tractatus de significato propositionis. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1978.

Edited with notes on the sources by Francesco del Punta; translated into English with explanatory notes by Marilyn McCord Adams.

  • Logica Magna. Part II Fascicule 8: Tractatus De obligationibus. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1988.

Edited with an English translation and notes by E. Jennifer Ashworth.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Amerini F. (2011) Paul of Venice. In: Lagerlund H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht <https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4020-9729-4_374>
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  4. ^ Conti, Alessandro, "Paul of Venice", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/paul-venice/>.
  5. ^ "Text manuscripts/New items". Archived from the original on 2006-06-13. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
  6. ^ Conti, Alessandro, "Paul of Venice", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/paul-venice/>.
  7. ^ Conti, Alessandro, "Paul of Venice", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/paul-venice/>.
  8. ^ Conti, Alessandro, "Paul of Venice", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/paul-venice/>.

References

  • Alan R. Perreiah, "A Biographical Introduction to Paul of Venice". In: Augustiniana 17 (1967), pp. 450–461.
  • Alan R. Perreiah, Paul of Venice: A Bibliographical Guide, Bowling Green, Ohio: Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green State University, 1986.

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