Boethius and the early medieval 'Quaestio'
The focus on the Logica Nova in the research on 11Quaestio and 12Logica Vetus century Topica-literature is misleading. It seems to derive from a particular view of the De Differentiis Topicis, which takes Boethius seriously only as a translator and perhaps a commentator of Aristotle. The puzzlement...
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2004
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Recherches de théologie et philosophie médiévales
Year: 2004, Volume: 71, Issue: 2, Pages: 233-259 |
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| Summary: | The focus on the Logica Nova in the research on 11Quaestio and 12Logica Vetus century Topica-literature is misleading. It seems to derive from a particular view of the De Differentiis Topicis, which takes Boethius seriously only as a translator and perhaps a commentator of Aristotle. The puzzlement dissappears when Boethius is taken seriously as a logician and dialectician in his own right. Two Boethian works are of particular importance for early medieval as well as for Boethian dialectic, namely the commentary on Cicero's Quaestio and the Quaestio. While all great historians and medieval philosophy acknowledge the early presence and importance of these works, the extent of their influence on the development of the Lectio has yet to be appreciated. The first section develops the problem by giving an outline of the important features of Bazàn's account of the Disputatio and its place between Topica and De Differentiis Topicis. The second section studies Boethius account of dialectic, with particular consideration of teh commentary on Cicero's Quaestio and the Sic et Non. The third section argues that Bazàn's and Grabmann's assumption that the 'old logic' did not provide the necessary means for the development of the Quaestio is unjustified. The fourth and final section offers some remarks on the relation of Abelard's to the method of the .\n4207 \n4207 |
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| ISSN: | 1783-1717 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/RTPM.71.2.505159 |