Richard Fishacre
Richard Fishacre (or Fitzacre) (c. 1200โ1248) was an English
According to the Catholic Encyclopedia,[4] he influenced Roger Bacon. Fishacre was himself influenced largely by the works and personality of Robert Grosseteste. He agreed with Grosseteste that man is not essentially a soul. They both thought that light is the medium between body and soul. Fishacre is unique in his belief that the soul is like the modern idea of a ghost.[5]
Another philosopher who shaped the thought of Fishacre was Avicenna. Like him Fishacre thought that the soul and body are distinct substances. The Oxford Dominican accepted universal hylomorphism without doubt. Fishacre is uncertain, as were his Oxford colleagues, concerning the unity or plurality of forms in the soul. Fishacre asserted that the soul shares the form of rationality with angels. He concluded that the word soul indicated something common to the vegetable, sensible, and rational.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c Richard Fishacre, The Problem Of The Rational Soul In The Thirteenth Century, Richard C. Dales, E.J. Brill, 1995, pp. 52 - 56.
- ^ PDF, see p.19 note 42.
- ^ Article with some example text
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Roger Bacon
- ISBN 9004102965. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
External links
- A Guide to Thirteenth Century Theologians
- Richard Fischacre on Anselm's ontological argument
- Walter Senner (2000). "Richard Fishacre". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 17. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1138โ1141. ISBN 3-88309-080-8.
- Citations from Fishacre relative to the ordination of women
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