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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798735403321

Autore

Michałowska Monika

Titolo

Richard Kilvington's Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum : A Critical Edition with an Introduction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : BRILL, , 2016

ISBN

90-04-33155-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters

Disciplina

170.938

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

‎Index manuscriptorum.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Richard Kilvington’s Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum: A Critical Edition with an Introduction / Monika Michałowska.

Sommario/riassunto

Among the commentaries on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics produced in the Middle Ages, that of Richard Kilvington is one of the most thought-provoking. Kilvington adopts a unique perspective of argumentation in which he applies concepts and terminology from the fields of logic and physics to ethical dilemmas. This unprecedented approach allows him to formulate original solutions to various ethical problems. He concentrates on the will, moral weakness, the relationship between the will and prudence, the change of virtues and vices, and the nature of ethical objects. The presented commentary is a valuable record of the philosophical debates at Oxford in the 14th century.