Gregory of Rimini: Tradition and Innovation in 14th Century Thought
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Tra ition an
In11ovation in
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MANCHESTER U·NIVERSITY PRESS
© 1961. GORDON LEl'IJ l'ublished by the U11iversity of Ma11chester at THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
316-324, Oxford Road, Ma11chester 13
Printed in Great Britain by B utler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London
To G. P.
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PREFACE
writi11g this study of Gregory of Rimi11i' s Commentary on the Sentences I owe a special debt to tl1e following : to Professor J. M. Wallace-Hadrill for l1is e11co11rage111e11t ai1d l1elp i11 n1aki11g its publication possible; to Professor M. D. K11owles a11d Miss Beryl Smalley for readin.g t11e typescript ai1d tl1eir ii1terest at all times; to my wife for goi11g through the text in both its earlier a11d its proof stages; a11d to Miss M. Norquoy for typing tl1e tnant1script. I wish also to express my appreciatio11 to the authorities of the Bibliotheques Nationale, Mazarine, Arse11al, a11d U11iversitc, Paris; the Nationalbibliothek, Vienna; tl1e Bodleia11 Library a11d Balliol College Library, Oxford; Pembroke College Libra1·y, Can1bridge; the John Ryla11ds Library, Manchester; and especially to Corpus Christi College Library, Cambridge, where Dr. Richard Vaughan and Professor C. R. Che11ey have suffered 111y intrusions with so much helpf11lness. Finally I offer 111y grateft1l thanks to tl1e staff of Manchester U11iversity Press for t11eir cot1rtesy a11d cooperation. IN
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( I ) Essence a11d Attrib11tes (2) Divine 01nnipotence (3) Fut11re Co11ti11gents
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FREE WILL, GRACE, PREDESTINATION, AND SIN (l) (2) (3) (4) (5)
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Man's Fortn and Faculties The Resources of the Will and the Effects of Si11 Grace Predesti11ation Si11
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Simple K11owledge Co1nplex Knowledge Self-evide11t Knowleclge Kt1owledge of God
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INTRODUCTION
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Adatn of Wood11a1n: Si1per ._)e11te11tia.'i Paris, Bibliot11eqt1e N atio11ale, Latin Is 892. Bibliotheqt1e Mazarine, 915. Gregory of· Rimini: S11pcr Se11te11tias Ca111bridge, Pe1nbroke College, 208. Oxford, Balliol College, 73 , 74. New College, 1 10. Paris, Bibliot11eq11e Nationale, Latin 15889, 15890, 15891. Bibliotheq11e de l'Arse11al, 452, 512. Bibliotl1eque Mazarine, 913, 914. Bibliotheque de l'U11iversite, 196. Vie11na, N ationalbibliotl1ek, I 5 I I, I5 r 5, 4842. Tl10111as Bt1cki11gl1a111, S11pt'T Se11te11tia.i; Paris, Bibli