DOCTOR PERSPICUUS NON TANTUM? WALTER BURLEY ON HUMAN WILL IN HIS COMMENTARY ON NICOMACHEAN ETHICS, BOOK III, CHAPTER 1
DOCTOR PERSPICUUS NON TANTUM? WALTER BURLEY ON HUMAN WILL IN HIS COMMENTARY ON NICOMACHEAN ETHICS, BOOK III, CHAPTER 1

Summary/Abstract: Walter Burley’s late commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics is a monumental eclectic work, in which he combines traits coming from various sources. This can also be seen in the commentary on the first chapter of book III, devoted to the problem of human will and the limitations of voluntary action. In the dubia attached to the commentary, he discusses several possible sources of such limitations, namely fear, compulsion and ignorance. He also analyses the interrelations between the will and choice paying attention to the problems of deliberation and judgement. The solutions that he gives in the dubia seem to be less influenced by Aquinas than the ad litteram sections.

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