Francisci de Marchia

T. Suarez-Nani is Ordinary Professor of Philosophy at Université de Fribourg. W. Duba is a Swiss National Science Foundation Research Fellow at Université de Fribourg. E. Babey is a Ph.D. candidate at Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne and Université de Neuchâtel. Girard J. Etzkorn is a former professor emeritus at St. Bonaventure University. He died in 2023.

• IntroductionI. Summary of the Themes Treated in Reportatio IIA, Questions 13-27II. The Sources of Reportatio IIA, Questions 13 to 271. Explicit sources2. Implicit sourcesIII. Case Studies of Implicit Sources1. Question 15: The Somewhat-Subtle Doctor and Auriol's Ass1.1. Article 1 and Peter Auriol, In II Sent., d. 3, q. 21.2. Article 21.2.1. Scotus and Scotism1.2.2. Principia1.2.2.1. Three arguments for positive (middle) specific unity1.2.2.2. Arguments against positive (middle) unity1.2.2.3. Auriol's objection?1.2.3. To be determined later2. Question 22: Auriol, Burley and the Refugium Miserorum2.1. Four difficultates2.2. The discussion in IV:232.2.1. Two opinions from Auriol2.2.2. Walter Burley's Principium IV2.2.2.1. Marchia and the Tractatus primus2.2.2.2. Radulphus Brito's Quodlibet2.2.3. Thomas Aquinas' view and Francis' solution2.3. The four opinions of IIA:222.3.1. Opinions 1-3 and VII Metaphysics, comment 312.3.2. Opinion 4 and Marchia's view2.4. Marchia's resolution and the refugium miserorum3. Question 26: The Hidden Source of Non-Hidden SpeechIV. Notes on the Edition of Questions 13-27V. ConclusionVI. Editorial ConventionsReportatio A in II Librum Sententiarum, qq. 13-27Q. 13: Utrum angelus vel anima sit composita ex materia et formaQ. 14: Utrum in substantiis separatis possint esse plura individua in eadem specieQ. 15: Utrum angeli sint compositi ex actu et potentiaQ. 16: Utrum angelus per se sit in loco vel tantum per accidensQ. 17: Utrum potentiae sensitivae in homine et in aliis animalibus sint eiusdem specieiQ. 18: Utrum intellectus sive anima intellectiva sit immortalisQ. 19: Utrum immortalitas animae possit naturaliter de ipsa anima demonstrari a priori vel a posterioriQ. 20: Utrum intellectus et voluntas in homine et in angelo sint eiusdem rationisQ. 21: Utrum idem sit obiectum intellectus et voluntatisQ. 22: Utrum angelus possit causare effective aliquam formam substantialem materialemQ. 23: Utrum angelus intelligat componendo et dividendo per discursum syllogisticum vel nonQ. 24: Utrum voluntas daemonis sit obstinata sic quod necessario velit malum ex immobili apprehensione intellectus vel ex aliquo habitu necessitante voluntatem ad malumQ. 25: Utrum obiectum aliquod materiale possit aliquid causare in intellectu angeliQ. 26: Utrum angelus loquens causet in illo cui loquitur actum intelligendiQ. 27: Utrum unus angelus possit videre seu intelligere cogitationes alterius angeliBibliographyPrimary SourcesSecondary SourcesIndicesI. Index BiblicusII Index AuctoritatumIII. Index Codicum ManuscriptorumIV. Index Nominum et Locorum

Finally, the critical edition itself is a very useful tool for the study of philosophy in the Middle Ages, especially in that Francis of Marchia's work is not an expression of the construction of a realistic philosophical system--as that of Saint Anselm, Saint Thomas, or Duns Scotus did--but the critical movement toward a non-thomistic understanding of the role of natural philosophy in the more general set of ontology and metaphysics.Luca Parisoli, Università della Calabria, Italy, The Medieval Review 11.10.28