Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis
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Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis is a medieval scholastic commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics that explores key issues in ontology, causality, and the nature of being.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics | 1 |
| Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis Context triple: [Duns Scotus, notableWork, Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis]
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Disputationes metaphysicae
Disputationes metaphysicae is a seminal late 16th-century work of scholastic philosophy that systematically presents Francisco Suárez’s influential account of metaphysics, bridging medieval and early modern thought.
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Posterior Analytics
Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.
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Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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Theologia Platonica
Theologia Platonica is Marsilio Ficino’s major philosophical treatise that systematically presents a Christianized interpretation of Plato’s metaphysics and the immortality of the soul, foundational to Renaissance Platonism.
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Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption is a foundational philosophical treatise that analyzes how physical substances come into being, change, and pass away, forming a core part of his natural philosophy.
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Target entity: Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis Target entity description: Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis is a medieval scholastic commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics that explores key issues in ontology, causality, and the nature of being.
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A.
Disputationes metaphysicae
Disputationes metaphysicae is a seminal late 16th-century work of scholastic philosophy that systematically presents Francisco Suárez’s influential account of metaphysics, bridging medieval and early modern thought.
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B.
Posterior Analytics
Posterior Analytics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on scientific knowledge, demonstration, and the nature of explanation.
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C.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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D.
Theologia Platonica
Theologia Platonica is Marsilio Ficino’s major philosophical treatise that systematically presents a Christianized interpretation of Plato’s metaphysics and the immortality of the soul, foundational to Renaissance Platonism.
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E.
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption
Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption is a foundational philosophical treatise that analyzes how physical substances come into being, change, and pass away, forming a core part of his natural philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
commentary on Aristotle
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medieval scholastic commentary ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
hierarchy of causes
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interpretation of Aristotle’s Metaphysics ⓘ principles of being ⓘ relationship between essence and existence ⓘ structure of reality ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
clarify Aristotle’s doctrine of being
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systematize metaphysical questions ⓘ |
| concerns |
first principles of reality
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metaphysical foundations of science ⓘ ultimate causes ⓘ |
| discipline | metaphysics ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
being qua being
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cause ⓘ first principles ⓘ substance ⓘ transcendentals ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
causality
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nature of being ⓘ ontology ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelianism
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surface form:
Aristotelian metaphysics
Latin medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
scholastic theologians
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students of philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | quaestiones ⓘ |
| mainAuthorDiscussed | Aristotle ⓘ |
| mainWorkDiscussed | Metaphysics ⓘ |
| method |
disputational method
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question-and-answer format ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach | commentary tradition on Aristotle ⓘ |
| philosophicalGenre |
commentary
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scholastic quaestio ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | scholasticism ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Aristotelian tradition
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university teaching of metaphysics ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
medieval metaphysics
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ontology ⓘ philosophy of causation ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | academic commentary ⓘ |
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Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics