A Compendium of Ockham's Teachings: A Translation of the Tractatus de Principiis Theologiae - Softcover

William Ockham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1576591298 ISBN 13: 9781576591291

Publisher: Franciscan Institue Publications, 1998

Synopsis

Ockham's two great principles were the Principle of Divine Omnipotence and the Principle of Parsimony: Plurality is never to be posited without necessity. The Tractatus takes all of Ockham's views and explains them as related to, or consequences of, the two principles - 167 from the Principle of the Divine and 81 from the Principle of Parsimony.

The translator's (Julian Davies) Introduction offers some helpful hints for reading, and it explains and illustrates the relationship between the two principles. A Glossary of technical terms and Bibliography are included. Footnotes reference English translations of works of Ockham where such exist.

About this title

About the Author

Fr. Julian Davies, OFM, ordained a Franciscan priest in 1960, received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Fordham University in 1970 and has taught at Siena College since then. He has been visiting professor at the Franciscan Institute during several summers, specializing in the History of Franciscan Thought. In 1989, he translated Ockham's Brevis Summa Libri Physicourm published as Ockham on Aristotle's Physics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Franciscan Institue Publications
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1576591298
• ISBN 13: 9781576591291
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140
• Editor: Julian Davies