![]() Ockham takes his place among the great philosophers because, like them, he drew out all the implications of his insight. Indeed, an individual thing can no longer be said to have an essence it is an essence. A being is radically diverse and incommunicable, differing from every other being not only in number but in essence. The concept of being is univocal, standing for and signifying individuals. With Ockham the traditional conjugations of being come to signify the thing itself in its ineluctable unity. The original and focal point of Ockham's thought is the singular or individual thing (res singularis), as common nature (natura communis) is the central conception of Scotism, and the act of existing (esse) is of Thomism. Martin Heidegger once declared, 'Every thinker thinks but one single thought'. Over and again he sets each principle to powerful use, but allows no single one ot dominate, or to yield all its consequences. Yet it is precisely in confrontation with the views of his predecessors and contemporaries such as Scotus, Henry of Gent, Aquinas and Chatton that the particular force and character of his thought are revealed. These principles are not unique to Ockham but were common to all the scholastics. Many of his conclusions on matters as diverse as God's knowledge, will and power, on creation and the causality of natural things, and on human intuition and morality are reducible to them. The principles of the divine omnipotence and the rule of parsimony of thought known as 'Ockham's razor', and others like the principle of non-contradiction, help to shape the entire range of his thought. Dictionnaire de théologie catholique, 11.1.Every philosophy is sustained by a number of elemental principles that give it cohesion and unity. ![]() Menges MC (1952) The concept of univocity regarding the predication of God and creature according to William of Ockham. McGrade AS (1974) The political thought of William of Ockham. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto Maurer A (1999) The philosophy of William of Ockham in the light of its principles. Maurer A (1984) Ockham’s razor and Chatton’s anti-razor. Goddu A (1984) The physics of William of Ockham. Gál G (1981) William of Ockham died ‘impenitent’ in April 1347. Francisc Stud 44 (1984), 45 (1985), and 46 (1986)įreppert L (1988) The basis of morality according to William of Ockham. Force of words and figures of speech: the crisis over ‘Virtus sermonis’ in the fourteenth century. In: Zimmermann A (ed) Sprache und Erkenntnis im Mittelalter, Miscellanea Mediaevalia 13.1. Francisc Stud 32:15–64īrown SF (1981) A modern prologue to Ockham’s natural philosophy. Arch Francisc Hist 53:442–449īrown SF (1972) Walter Burleigh’s treatise De suppositionibus and its influence on William of Ockham. Bonaventureīrampton CK (1960) Traditions relating to the death of William of Ockham. Felix Meiner, Hamburgīoehner P (1992) In: Buytaert EM (ed), Collected articles on Ockham, 2nd edn. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dameīeckman JP (1992) Ockham-bibliographie, 1900–1990. Cambridge University Press, CambridgeĪdams MM (1987) William Ockham, 2 vols. Ockham William (1995) In: McGrade AS, Kilcullen J (eds) “A letter to the Friars Minor” and other writings, Cambridge texts in the history of political thought, trans. Ockham William (1992) In: McGrade AS (ed) Short discourse on tyrannical government, trans. Ockham William (1991) Quodlibetal questions, trans. Ockham William (1989) Ockham on Aristotle’s physics, A translation of Ockham’ s Brevis Summa libri physicorum, trans. Ockham William (1983) Predestination, God’s foreknowledge, and future contingents, 2nd edn., trans. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame Ockham William (1980) Ockham’s theory of propositions: part II of the “Summa logicae”, trans. ![]() Ockham William (1974) Ockham’s theory of terms: part I of the “Summa logicae”, trans. ![]() Ockham William (1973) William of Ockham’s commentary on Porphyry, trans. Sikes JG, Offler HS, Snape RH, Bennett RF. ![]() Bonaventureĭe Ockham Guillelmi (1940) Octo quaestiones de potestate papae, An princeps pro suo succursu, scilicet guerrae, possit recipere bona ecclesiarum, etiam invite papa Consultatio de causa matrimoniali et Opus nonaginta dierum, cc. Editiones Instituti Franciscani Universitatis S. Manchester University Press, Manchesterĭe Ockham Guillelmi (1967–1987) Opera philosophica et theologica, 19 vols, ed. Manchester University Press, Manchesterĭe Ockham Guillelmi (1963) Opus nonaginta dierum, cc. De Ockham Guillelmi (1956) Epistola ad fratres minores,Tractatus contra Ioannem, et Tractatus contra Benedictum, ed. ![]()
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