Richard FitzRalph on the Will and Instantaneous Volition: A Critical Edition of Book I, Question 10 from Richard FitzRalph’s Lectura in Sententias(137 Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters)

The volume offers a critical edition of a text by Richard FitzRalph, one of the most original 14th-century Oxonian thinkers. FitzRalph’s philosophical and theological ideas were enthusiastically adopted or fiercely challenged, consolidating his recognition at the universities of Oxford, Paris, and Italy. For all this, his work remains relatively little-known today, an obscurity this book redresses by making a question on the will from FitzRalph’s Lectura in Sententias available to a larger readership. Besides, FitzRalph’s strongly voluntaristic position and analytical techniques derived from the natural sciences and logic are shown to place him close to the Oxford Calculators.

Table of Contents:
Preface Introduction Life and Career The Structure and Sources of Book I, Question 10  The Structure of BookI, Question 10  The Sources of BookI, Question 10 The Content of BookI, Question 10  A Physics-Oriented Approach to the Will  Willing Freely Not to Exist and Nilling the Ultimate Good FitzRalph’s Influence on the Late Medieval Debate on the Will  Adam Wodeham as a Vigilant Witness of FitzRalph’s Teaching on Loving and Cognizing  Robert Holcot’s Close Reading of FitzRalph’s Arguments on Instantaneus Volition  Gregory of Rimini as a Disseminator of FitzRalph’s Thought among Continental Thinkers  Peter Ceffons on FitzRalph’s Arguments on Willing in an Instant The Manuscripts of Book I, Question 10  The Description of the Manuscripts  The Manuscript Tradition  Editorial Principles  Abbreviations  Sigla  Bibliographical References Bibliography Ricardus FitzRalph, Lectura in Sententias, LiberI, Quaestio 10: Utrum omnis amor procedat ab aliqua notitia Argumenta principalia quaestionis Articulus 1: Utrum voluntas sit activa respectu suae actionis vel passiva Articulus 2: Utrum actus voluntatis fiat subito vel in tempore Articulus 3: Utrum ex actuali notitia delectabilis obiecti sequatur necessario amor sive volitio eiusdem Ad quaestionem Appendix  Articulus 2: Utrum actus voluntatis fiat subito vel in tempore Responsiones ad argumenta quod actus voluntatis fiat in tempore Index locorum Index nominum

About the Author :
Monika Michałowska, Ph.D. (2007), is Professor at the Medical University of Łódź. Her research focuses on late medieval ethics and theology. She has critically edited Richard Kilvington’s Quaestiones super libros Ethicorum and Quaestiones super libros Sententiarum (Brill, 2016, 2021, 2023). Michael W. Dunne, Ph.D. (1993), is Professor of Medieval Philosophy at Maynooth University. His research focuses on Irish thinkers of the Middle Ages and Oxford thought in the 13th and 14th centuries. He has co-edited A Companion to Richard FitzRalph (Brill, 2023).