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Medieval conceptions of reason and the modes of thought in Piers Plowman
Get PDFThis thesis is an attempt to shed light on the related questions of how we should read Piers Plowman and of what kind of book its author was trying to write. In the first chapter it is argued that feminine line-endings are an important feature of Langland's metre, and consideration is given to how they affect our reading of the verse. It is suggested that the verse demands a slow and meditative reading, and that Langland's text emerges as a list of items not easily related to each other; the reader is challenged to work out connexions and thus in a sense to compose his own poem. The second chapter is an examination of the medieval conceptions and modes of thought that are associated with the word "reson". The term "reasonable" is later used to refer to these. In the last part of the chapter it is argued that Langland's aim is to make his readers seek salvation, and that he is aware of certain difficulties with the traditional, "reasonable" approaches of other moralists. His own book is "unreasonable"; its mixture of modes of thought, and hence of the thought-worlds they project, makes narrative consistency and definiteness of argument impossible. In the rest of the thesis some of the juxtapositions between modes of thought are examined. The. third chapter deals with "positive” juxtapositions, which create in the reader's mind a sense of satisfying, but nevertheless "unreasonable", illumination; the speech of Wit and the vision of the Passion and Crucifixion are discussed in detail. The fourth chapter deals with "negative" juxtapositions, which provoke a sense of bewilderment and dissatisfaction; discussion centres on Ymaginatiyf's speech in the C text, Need's speech, and the confessions of the Seven Deadly Sins
Philosophy in colonial Chile: the animastics course of friar Juan de Fuica
Get PDFEste artículo pretende exponer los contenidos generales del curso de animástica dictado por el fraile franciscano Juan de Fuica en el Colegio San Diego de Alcalá de Santiago de Chile, en mayo de 1689. Para ello, presentamos primero una nota biográfica del autor que incluye información relativa a la trayectoria académica y administrativa dentro de la Orden de los Frailes Menores y, luego, analizamos los aspectos más relevantes de la doctrina psicológica ad mentem Scoti expuestos en esta obra manuscrita inédita, la que constituye un testimonio exclusivo de la enseñanza filosófica de la época. Creemos que el principal aporte de este trabajo es visibilizar el patrimonio filosófico colonial del país y, con ello, llenar una gran laguna en la historia de la filosofía chilena.This article aims to put forward the general contents of the animastics course dictated in May 1689 by the Franciscan friar Juan de Fuica at San Diego de Alcalá College, Santiago de Chile. In order to do that, first, we present a biographical note on the author that includes information relating to his academic and administrative career within the Order of the Friars Minor. Second, we analyze the most relevant aspects of the ad mentem Scoti psychological doctrine presented in this unreleased manuscript, which is an exclusive testimony of philosophy teachings at that time. We believe that the main contribution of this paper is to turn visible the colonial philosophical heritage of the country and, thereby, to fill a gap in the history of Chilean philosophy
Commentarii theologici quibus Io. Duns Scoti Quaestiones in libros Sententiarum elucidantur & illustrantur
No full textCommentarii theologici quibus Io. Duns Scoti Quaestiones in libros Sententiarum elucidantur & illustrantur
No full textCommentarii theologici quibus Io. Duns Scoti Quaestiones in libros Sententiarum elucidantur & illustrantur
No full textCommentarii theologici quibus Io. Duns Scoti Quaestiones in libros Sententiarum elucidantur & illustrantur
No full textCommentarii theologici quibus Io. Duns Scoti Quaestiones in libros Sententiarum elucidantur & illustrantur
No full textCommentarii theologici quibus Io. Duns Scoti Quaestiones in libros Sententiarum elucidantur & illustrantur
No full textCommentarij theologici : quibus Io. Duns Scoti quaestiones in Libros Sententiarum elucidantur & illustrantur
No full textPosible marca tip. en portSign. : [], A-Z, 2A-2Z, 3A-3L, 3M, A, B, A-FError de pag., de p. 395 pasa a 394Texto principalmente a dos colPort. a dos tintasRosarium Beatae Mariae, [18]
