Przegląd Tomistyczny
The Annual Review of the Thomistic Institute
Publishing House: Instytut Tomistyczny
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ICHARD FISHACRE, GLOSSA SUPER I LIBRUM SENTENTIARUM DI PIETRO LOMBARDO, DISTINZIONE 27
ICHARD FISHACRE, GLOSSA SUPER I LIBRUM SENTENTIARUM DI PIETRO LOMBARDO, DISTINZIONE 27
(RICHARD FISHACRE, GLOSSA SUPER I LIBRUM SENTENTIARUM OF PETER THE LOMBARD, DIST. 27)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Fabio Gibiino
- Contributor(s):
- Language: Italian
- Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Syntax, Semantics
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 7-41
- No. of Pages: 35
- Keywords: Richard Fishacre; Commentary on the Sentences; Divine Essence; Trinitarian Theology; Divine Personal Properties;
- Summary/Abstract: The study in this article focuses on the text-critical restitution of Richard Fishacre’s commentary on I Sent. dist. 27, in which certain theological formulas in the Trinitarian field are examined for the formal correctness of their content. In his commentary, Fishacre uses the 12th-century grammarians’ technique of “suppositio” of a term to resolve the ambiguity of certain terms. Thus, for example, the term “imago” can refer to the divine essence as a principle of similitude, but also to the person of the Son as a principle of assimilation.
COMPLEXION IN GEOFFREY OF ASPALL’S QUAESTIONES SUPER “DE SENSU ET SENSATO” ARISTOTELIS
COMPLEXION IN GEOFFREY OF ASPALL’S QUAESTIONES SUPER “DE SENSU ET SENSATO” ARISTOTELIS
(COMPLEXION IN GEOFFREY OF ASPALL’S QUAESTIONES SUPER “DE SENSU ET SENSATO” ARISTOTELIS)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Monika Mansfeld
- Contributor(s):
- Language: English
- Subject(s): Middle Ages, Ancient Philosphy, Philosophy of Middle Ages
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 43-57
- No. of Pages: 15
- Keywords: Complexion; Geoffrey of Aspall; De sensu et sensate; Colour Theory; Aristotelianism;
- Summary/Abstract: Geoffrey of Aspall (d. 1287), who belonged to the third generation of Oxford scholars commentating on Aristotle’s natural philosophy works, was probably the first Latin scholar to write questions to De sensu et sensato. He must have written them as a mature scholar, for the text is a show of erudition: he is not only well acquainted with Aristotle’s own ideas on sensory perception but he also introduces some ideas taken from earlier commentary tradition and other scientific writings of his times making extensive use of medical, optical and mathematical works. Such a variety of sources allows Geoffrey to address questions that extend beyond the subject of the commented text so much that no one would reasonably expect to encounter at least some of them in Quaestiones in De sensu et sensato. Some of them concern the problem of complexion. How do primary qualities affect temperaments in the organic world? What are the mutual relations between complexion and temperaments? Does the change of proportion on the elementary level translate into the change of colour of a living creature? Although Aspall’s solutions to these problems do not seem entirely satisfactory, they draw our attention to problems lying on the boundary between natural philosophy and medicine that were rarely addressed by philosophers of his times. The doctrinal analysis of those issues is supplemented with a critical edition of question devoted entirely to the problem of complexio in Aspall’s commentary (Qu. 65 In quibus corporibus principaliter reperiuntur extremi colores) preceded by a short introduction.
O ZAKRESIE UMIARKOWANIA. KOMENTARZ TOMASZA Z AKWINU DO ETYKI NIKOMACHEJSKIEJ III, 1117b22–1119b15
O ZAKRESIE UMIARKOWANIA. KOMENTARZ TOMASZA Z AKWINU DO ETYKI NIKOMACHEJSKIEJ III, 1117b22–1119b15
(ABOUT THE SCOPE OF TEMPERANCE. THOMAS AQUINAS’ COMMENTARY ON THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS III, 1117b22–1119b15)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Włodzimierz Galewicz
- Contributor(s):
- Language: Polish
- Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Ancient Philosphy, Philosophy of Middle Ages
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 59-78
- No. of Pages: 20
- Keywords: Thomas Aquinas; Aristotle; virtue; vice; temperance; intemperance; self-indulgence; pleasures; desires;
- Summary/Abstract: The text below contains a Polish translation of a fragment of Thomas Aquinas’ commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics (Sententia Ethic., lib. 3, l. 19–22), referring to the last three chapters of Book III of Aristotle’s work (III 1117b22– 1119b15), devoted to the virtue of temperance (σωφροσύνη) and the vice of intemperance or self-indulgence (ἀκολασία). The presented translation has been provided with explanations and references by the translator.
GENDERED LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION IN THE SERMONS OF MAURICE DE SULLY
GENDERED LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION IN THE SERMONS OF MAURICE DE SULLY
(GENDERED LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION IN THE SERMONS OF MAURICE DE SULLY)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Beata Spieralska-Kasprzyk
- Contributor(s):
- Language: English
- Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Gender Studies, Historical Linguistics, Translation Studies
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 79-87
- No. of Pages: 9
- Keywords: Medieval sermons; medieval translations; feminatives;
- Summary/Abstract: The paper presents two different linguistic strategies for addressing the problem of gender in medieval preaching to the lay public. While the Latin version of the Maurice de Sully’s sermons uses, in general, the inclusive masculine gender, the vernacular versions feature several feminatives. The said difference is studied from the broader perspective of the relationship between the three versions of Maurice de Sully’s collection of sermons: the Latin text and its two vernacular adaptations. One of these is presented in the manuscripts of the so-called “A family”, the other in the manuscripts of the “B family”. The analysis also showcases some results that the transition from Latin to the vernacular had on the linguistic representation of the world.
DILECTIO, FRUITIO, DELECTATIO. BONAWENTURA O ZWIĄZKACH MIŁOŚCI I PRZYJEMNOŚCI
DILECTIO, FRUITIO, DELECTATIO. BONAWENTURA O ZWIĄZKACH MIŁOŚCI I PRZYJEMNOŚCI
(DILECTO, FRUITIO, DELECTATIO. BONAVENTURE ON LOVE AND PLEASURE)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Magdalena Płotka
- Contributor(s):
- Language: Polish
- Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Anthropology, Middle Ages
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 89-106
- No. of Pages: 18
- Keywords: love; fruitio; enjoyment; pleasure; Bonaventure; theological anthropology;
- Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the concept of the relationship between pleasure and love according to St. Bonaventure. His concept of fruitio, as presented in the commentary on Peter Lombard’s Sentences, can be considered one of the most influential elements that stimulated the Franciscan debate in 14th century. The article aims to show the genesis of pleasure, its types and it is going to describe the relationship between pleasure and volition (desire). The article consists of three parts. In the first one, the two meanings of fruitio will be presented and the difference between quenching thirst and pleasure will be explained. It will also be shown that Bonaventure sees pleasure not only in the act of satisfying desire (fruitio), but in the very immanent structure of desire. The second part of the article is devoted to the concept of will and desire, which for Bonaventure was the starting point for rejecting the cognitive concept of fruition and accepting that fruition is an act of will. The volitional concept of fruition, as it is going to be argued, will allow Bonaventure to develop a third model of pleasure, which is to enjoy the object of desire. The third part is about love. I will show that love — defined by Bonaventure as an affective act of full union with the object of desire — is a condition of pleasure. Finally, I will quote Bonaventure’s argument that love can guarantee union with the object more fully than intellectual cognition.
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
(DOCTOR PERSPICUUS NON TANTUM? WALTER BURLEY ON HUMAN WILL IN HIS COMMENTARY ON NICOMACHEAN ETHICS, BOOK III, CHAPTER 1)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Marek Gensler
- Contributor(s):
- Language: English
- Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Philosophy of Middle Ages
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 107-121
- No. of Pages: 15
- Keywords: Aristotelianism; Medieval ethics; Voluntary and involuntary action; Walter Burley; Thomas Aquinas;
- 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.
THE CONCEPT OF ‘VIRTUS/POTENTIA REI’ IN FOURTEENTH-CENTURY DISCUSSIONS ON TRANSMUTATION AND REACTION
THE CONCEPT OF ‘VIRTUS/POTENTIA REI’ IN FOURTEENTH-CENTURY DISCUSSIONS ON TRANSMUTATION AND REACTION
(THE CONCEPT OF ‘VIRTUS/POTENTIA REI’ IN FOURTEENTH-CENTURY DISCUSSIONS ON TRANSMUTATION AND REACTION)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Robert Podkoński
- Contributor(s):
- Language: English
- Subject(s): History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Middle Ages, 13th to 14th Centuries
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 123-151
- No. of Pages: 29
- Keywords: Fourteenth-century Philosophy; Natural Philosophy; Elements; Potency/Capacity; Alterations;
- Summary/Abstract: In the medieval Latin translation of Aristotle’s De generatione we encounter the term ‘virtus’ in the context of the description of mixed bodies. We read there that the ‘virtue’ of the qualities of elements remain in the mixtum („salvatur enim virtus eorum”). Obviously, Aristotle himself meant here that these qualities remain in any mixtum „virtually”, that is in potentia, yet fourteenth-century Oxford and Paris philosophers gave the notion of ‘virtue’ a different meaning in this context. Walter Burley, when commenting on the above-mentioned passage from Aristotle’s De generatione, clearly presents virtutes elementorum as factors responsible for self-induced qualitative changes within a mixtum. Even though Richard Kilvington in his commentary on De generatione uses the term ‘virtus’ synonimically with the term ‘potentia’, as it seems, in his discussions on transmutation and reaction in elementary bodies these terms are used to represent such factors as well, which can be quantified and calculated. In the article I reconstruct the meaning of the terms ‘virtus/potentia rei’ in the context of fourteenth-century natural philosophy on a basis of the texts of Walter Burley, Richard Kilvington, John Buridan, Richard Swineshead, and Nicole Oresme. Also, I allude here to the issue of anachronistic interpretation of medieval ideas and concepts by the historians of science.
MEDIEVAL PRINCIPIA ON PETER LOMBARD’S SENTENCES BY THEOLOGIANS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CRACOW. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GENRE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES
MEDIEVAL PRINCIPIA ON PETER LOMBARD’S SENTENCES BY THEOLOGIANS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CRACOW. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GENRE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES
(MEDIEVAL PRINCIPIA ON PETER LOMBARD’S SENTENCES BY THEOLOGIANS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CRACOW. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GENRE AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Wojciech Baran
- Contributor(s):
- Language: English
- Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, 15th Century
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 153-190
- No. of Pages: 38
- Keywords: principium; Peter Lombard; Book of Sentences; University of Cracow; 15th century; manuscripts; Jagellonian Library;
- Summary/Abstract: This article presents the literary genre of the principium on the Sentences of Peter Lombard using examples from Poland. It also presents a collection of bibliographical information about the preserved principia from the University of Cracow. The article aims to become a useful tool for further research on the tradition of principia in Cracow.
BIOGRAFIA ZENONA K. PIÓRA ZENONA KAŁUŻY
BIOGRAFIA ZENONA K. PIÓRA ZENONA KAŁUŻY
(BIOGRAPHY OF ZENON K. BY ZENON KALUZA)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Zenon Kałuża
- Contributor(s):
- Language: Polish
- Subject(s): Philosophy, Middle Ages
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 191-194
- No. of Pages: 4
- Keywords: Zenon K.; biography;
- Summary/Abstract: Liczne przykłady pouczają nas o tym, że wielcy ludzie, jeśli zajmują się czasem pisarstwem historycznym, piszą przeważnie o wielkich ludziach. Czyż Juliusz Cezar nie pisał o Cezarze? A Charles de Gaulle czy nie zaczernił licznych stronnic opiewając budujące czyny słynnego generała o tym samym nazwisku? Czy wreszcie dobry Giuseppe Roncalli nie namalował piórem nie namalował piórem wzruszającego portretu papieża Jana XXIII? O tak, drodzy zebrani. Jeśli chcemy poznać czyny wielkich ludzi, czytajmy to, co pisali o nich wielcy ludzie. Jakoż i my mamy szczęście, że do rąk naszych dotarła opowieść, jaką bohater dnia dzisiejszego, profesor Zenon Kałuża, napisał o pewnym Zenonie K. Zrozumiecie więc Państwo doskonale, że mając w ręku dokument takiej wagi, bez żalu porzuciłem zamiar przedstawienia własnymi słowami osoby laureata Medalu św. Jacka. Oto więc fragmenty życiorysu Zenona K. pióra Zenona Kałuży.
HOMMAGE A ZÉNON KALUZA
HOMMAGE A ZÉNON KALUZA
(TRIBUTE TO ZÉNON KALUZA)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Dragos Calma
- Contributor(s):
- Language: French
- Subject(s): History of Philosophy, Recent History (1900 till today), Contemporary Philosophy
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 195-202
- No. of Pages: 8
- Keywords: philosophy; Zénon Kaluza; tribute;
- Summary/Abstract: Zénon Kaluza est né le 5 octobre 1936 dans une famille modeste, à Skrzynki, un village dans l’Ouest de la Pologne. Sa soeur, Marysia, est née un an et un mois après Zénon (« presque des jumeaux », comme il disait). Ils garderont une belle complicité et une amitié sincère tout au long de leur vie. En 1945, la famille déménage à Legnica où elle restera pour toujours. Il a eu une enfance gaie, mais non dépourvue des difficultés. Pour faire vivre sa famille, son père, Stanislaw, avait travaillé dans une mine en Belgique ; sa mère, Bronisława, a eu des soucis de santé et s’est retrouvée au lit pendant plusieurs années. Les parents ont pu ouvrir un petit commerce, au rez-de-chaussée du bâtiment où ils vivaient ; ils vendaient de tout, mais sans se permettre une belle vie ; jusqu’au jour où les communistes russes sont entrés dans la maison et ils ont détruit les biens (même les pots de compote et de confiture) et vidé la maison et le petit commerce. Ils ont tout pris, sauf le couteau avec lequel son père coupait le pain au moment même où la famille s’apprêtait à diner. Ce couteau l’a accompagné dans ses voyages et il l’avait encore chez lui, à Chatou, dans ses dernières années. Immédiatement après la guerre, entre 1945 et 1950, Zénon est scolarisé à Legnica ; puis, entre septembre 1950 et juin 1952 à Głogówek dans un lycée privé. Il commence un noviciat chez les franciscains à Jasło, en 1952, à l’âge de 16 ans — mais il abandonne ce projet l’année suivante. Il retourne à Legnica, dans un lycée privé, qu’il suit entre 1953 et 1954. Il travaille de janvier 1955 jusqu’en août 1956 à la Banque nationale de Pologne, à Legnica, ce qui l’oblige à changer encore d’établissement scolaire : il continue ses études dans un lycée d’État par correspondance pour les travailleurs, entre septembre 1954 et juin 1955 ; il obtient le baccalauréat en juin 1955 à Legnica.
LAUDATIO DE ZÉNON KALUZA
LAUDATIO DE ZÉNON KALUZA
(LAUDATIO OF ZENON KALUZA)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Paweł Krupa
- Contributor(s):
- Language: French
- Subject(s): Middle Ages, Recent History (1900 till today), Philosophy of Middle Ages, Contemporary Philosophy
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 203-206
- No. of Pages: 4
- Keywords: Zénon Kaluza; tribute; 20th century;
- Summary/Abstract: Cher Monsieur le Président de l’Academie, Mesdames et Messieurs Membres du Centre des Etudes Médievales, Chers Collègues, Je voudrais vous remercier pour cette invitation qui me fait un grand honneur et un grand plasir. Honneur, car je dois parler devant une essemblée des éminents chercheurs et scientifiques. Plaisir, car vous m’avez confié la tâche d’offrir la laudatio à l’un des mes maîtres et amis, l’homme à qui je dois beaucoup et que je respecte et admire profondement.
LAUDATIO AUF ZÉNON KALUZA
LAUDATIO AUF ZÉNON KALUZA
(LAUDATIO TO ZENON CALUZA)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Henryk Anzulewicz
- Contributor(s):
- Language: German
- Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Philosophy of Middle Ages, Contemporary Philosophy
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 207-209
- No. of Pages: 3
- Keywords: Zénon Kaluza; philosophy; 20th century;
- Summary/Abstract: Wir hier Versammelten wissen uns glücklich zu preisen, dieser akademischen Feier für Zénon Kaluza beiwohnen zu dürfen. Unser Dank hierfür gilt der Philosophischen Fakultät der altehrwürdigen Babeş-Bolyai-Universität, die Zénon Kaluza mit der Verleihung der Würde des doctor honoris causa ehrt und diesem Akt einen festlichen Rahmen mit vielen geladenen Gästen aus dem In- und Ausland gibt. Zum größten Dank aber fühlen wir uns Zénon Kaluza selbst verpflichtet, die causa efficiens et finalis dieses großartigen Events, zu dem er uns in dieser und in den folgenden Stunden um sich versammeln ließ. Wir sind gerne und voll Dankbarkeit ihm gegenüber hierhergekommen und möchten in unserem eigenen Namen sowie auch stellvertretend für alle, die sich ihm verbunden fühlen, seiner Ehrung ein freudiges Gesicht geben und sie mit ganzen Herzen mittragen.
ADIEUX À ZÉNON
ADIEUX À ZÉNON
(FAREWELL TO ZENON)
- Publication: (XXIX/2023)
- Author(s): Tomasz Pękala
- Contributor(s):
- Language: French
- Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Contemporary Philosophy, Obituary
- Issue: XXIX/2023
- Page Range: 211-212
- No. of Pages: 2
- Keywords: Zénon Kaluza; philosophy; 20th century;
- Summary/Abstract: Je voulais que ce soit Zénon qui nous parle aujourd’hui, non pas de soi-même, on le connaît tous très bien, mais qu’il nous parle sur la foi. En fin de compte, cela revient au même, parce que c’est de sa foi que Zénon va nous parler.
Short Description
“The Annual Review of the Thomistic Institute” was established in 1984 in continuity with “Polski Przegląd Tomistyczny” (“Polish Thomistic Review”) founded by Dominican Friars in January 1939. The calamities of the II World War and crooked history of post-war Poland made this 75 years gap inevitable. This review publishes results of studies on intellectual and spiritual Christian tradition with a particular emphasis on Polish heritage, research on Middle Ages, and philosophical and theological quest inspired by St. Thomas Aquinas. “Przegląd Tomistyczny” publishes only original articles and book reviews in Polish, English, French, German, and Italian. It publishes also editions of short historical Latin texts as well as Polish translations of short source texts.
