Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de prima lectura

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-68922-0
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Latin, Band 41, 468 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 757 g

Reihe: Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science

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 edition of Oresme's earliest work, his first cycle of lectures on Aristotle's Meteorology (1346). Transcribed directly by one of his students at Paris Arts Faculty, this text explores problems of physics, cosmology, geology, and optics, providing invaluable insights into late medieval philosophy of nature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oresme, Nicole

Panzica, Aurora

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

LiberI

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

LiberII

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

LiberIII

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

AppendixI: 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

AppendixII: 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?

AppendixIII: Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, IV.1

Appendix: The Questions and Their Sources

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Aurora Panzica, Ph.D. (2020), University of Fribourg, is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Basel. She has published critical editions and studies on Late medieval Aristotelianism, including Oresme's ultima lectura on Aristotle's Meteorology (Brill, 2021) and a monograph titled De la Lune à la Terre: Les débats sur le premier livre des Météorologiques d'Aristote au Moyen Âge latin (Brepols, 2024).