Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de prima lectura : Study of the Manuscript Tradition and Critical Edition /
The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Nicole Oresme, a mathematician, philosopher, and theologian, stood as one of the most original and influential thinkers of the Late Middle Ages. This volume presents the critical ed...
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Nicole Oresme's Earliest Documented Writings: The Literal Commentary and the Question Commentary on Aristotle's Meteorology
- Oresme's Literal Commentary on Aristotle's Meteorology
- The First Redaction of Oresme's Questions on Meteorology
- 1 Descriptions of the Manuscripts
- 2 The Manuscript Tradition
- 3 Editorial Principles
- Nicolaus Oresme , Questiones in Meteorologica de prima lectura
- Liber I
- I .1 Utrum impressiones metheorologice fiant secundum naturam inordinatiorem ea que est primi elementi corporum
- I .2 Utrum iste mundus inferior sit contiguus ipsi celo
- I .3 Utrum omnis virtus inferior a superioribus, scilicet a supercelestibus, gubernetur
- I .4 Utrum aliquis motus localis in istis inferioribus sit effective a celo
- I .5 Utrum, cessante motu celi, fierent generationes, alterationes, impressiones et similia in istis inferioribus
- I .6 Utrum, solo primo motu superiorum cessante, fierent generationes, impressiones, etc., posito quod Sol et alii planete moverentur
- I .7 Utrum motus localis sit causa caloris
- I .8 Utrum aer superior et ignis in suis speris calefiant ex motu celi
- I .9 Utrum lumen in istis inferioribus a corporibus celestibus generetur
- I .10 Utrum quatuor elementa sint continue proportionalia
- I .11 Utrum omne lumen sit calefactivum
- I .12 Utrum omne corpus oppositum luminoso sit calefactibile per lumen
- I .13 Utrum aliquod agens possit agere in passum distans ab eo sine hoc quod agat in intermedium
- I .14 Utrum aliquod agens fortius agat in remotum quam in sibi propinquum
- I .15 Utrum unum contrarium possit movere localiter alterum sibi contrarium
- I .16 Utrum media regio aeris sit semper frigida
- I .17 Utrum flamme apparentes de nocte in aere fiant ibi naturaliter
- I .18 Utrum, serenitate existente, appareant in celo de nocte hiatus, seu aperture, et voragines et sanguinei colores
- I .19 Utrum stelle comate sint de natura celi aut elementari
- I .20 Utrum motus stelle comate sit naturalis
- I .21 Utrum comete significent guerras, mortes principum, pestilentias et huiusmodi
- I .22 Utrum omnes comete sint eiusdem speciei inter se et cum galaxia
- I .23 Utrum impressiones humide fiant a calido
- I .24 Utrum omnes impressiones aquee sint eiusdem speciei
- I .25 Utrum nix et pluvia generentur in media aeris regione
- I .26 Utrum grando debeat magis fieri in hieme vel estate aut in temporibus mediis, sicut in vere aut autumno
- I .27 Utrum nebula sit signum serenitatis
- I .28 Utrum aqua naturaliter ascendat ad orificia fontium
- I .29 Utrum fontes et fluvii veniant ex aqua pluviali vel ex mari vel aliunde
- I .30 Utrum fontes et flumina derivantur a montibus
- I .31 Utrum habitationes terre permutentur
- I .32 Utrum habitatio terre permutetur propter mare
- I .33 Utrum habitatio terre permutetur propter permutationem in qualitatibus secundis
- Liber II
- II .1 Utrum locus naturalis elementi aque sit ubi nunc est mare
- II .2 Utrum mare fluat et refluat
- II .3 Utrum aqua maris sit salsa
- II .4 Utrum fontes et fluvii debeant esse salsi
- II .5 Utrum ventus sit exalatio calida et sicca
- II .6 Utrum Auster veniat a polo antartico e Boreas ab artico
- II .7 Utrum terremotus sit possibilis
- II .8 Utrum terremotus, ventus et tonitruum et similia sint eiusdem nature
- II .9 Utrum fulgur sit exalatio calida et sicca ignita
- Liber III
- III .1 Utrum visus refrangatur a corporibus densis et politis
- III .2 Utrum halo fiat ex refractione radiorum ab ipsa nube ad visum
- III .3 Utrum sit aliquis color spiritualis
- III .4 Utrum colores apparentes in iride sint ibi vere et realiter
- III .5 Utrum iris debeat apparere secundum circuli periferiam
- III .6 Utrum iris possit apparere maior semicirculo
- III .7 Utrum iris quandoque appareat secundum portionem circuli maioris et quandoque secundum portionem minoris
- Appendix I : Three Questions on the Fourth Book of Aristotle's Meteorology in Manuscript D
- Utrum sint tantum quatuor qualitates prime
- Utrum qualitatum primarum due sint active et due passive, scilicet caliditas et siccitas active, et alie passive
- Utrum caliditas sit magis qualitas activa quam frigiditas
- Appendix II : Two Questions on Aristotle's Meteorology Interpolated into Oresme's prima lectura in Manuscript C
- 1 Utrum iris potest fieri a Luna
- 2 ⟨Utrum impressiones ignite que generantur sursum in aere differant materialiter⟩
- Appendix III : Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura , IV .1
- Appendix: The Questions and Their Sources
- Bibliography
- Index.