Thomas Aquinas: Quaestiones De anima (Studies and Texts)

283 Pages·1968·15.58 MB·English

by  James H. Robb

PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE OF MEDIAEVAL STUDIES
STUDIES AND TEXTS
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PRINTED BY UNIVERSA—BEUIUM
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
QUAESTIONES DE ANIMA
.A newly Established Edition of the
Latin Text with an Introduction and Notes
Edited by
JAMES H. ROBB
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Marquette University
TORONTO
PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE OF MEDIAEVAL STUDIES
1968
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Non seulement a la memoire
de Monsieur Andre Voyer
(1892-1956)
mais aussi a Vintention
de Madame Andre Voyer
unique et irremplagable amie.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWARD 9
WORKS CITED BY ST. THOMAS IN HIS QUAESTIONES DE ANIMA 13
INTRODUCTION . . .. 17
A Need for a New Edition of the De Anima
B Authenticity
C The Title
D Date and Place of Composition of the De Anima
E Sources Used in the Preparation of the Present Text
F Description of Manuscripts Used in Preparation of The Text
G Variants
QUAESTIO PRIMA: Utrum anima humana possit esse forma
et hoc aliquid . . . .. 53
QUAESTIO SECUNDA: Utrum anima humana sit separata secun-
dum esse a corpore . . .. 64
QUAESTIO TERTIA: Utrum intellectus possibilis sive anima
intellectiva sit una in omnibus . . 77
QUAESTIO QUARTA: Utrum necesse sit ponere intellectum
agentem 89
QUAESTIO QUINTA: Utrum intellectus agens sit unus et
separatus . . . . .. 96
QUAESTIO SEXTA: Utrum anima composita sit ex materia
et f o r ma . . . . .. 1
QUAESTIO SEPTIMA: Utrum angelus et anima differant specie 116
QUAESTIO OCTAVA: Utrum anima rationalis tali corpori
deberet uniri quale est corpus humanum 128
QUAESTIO NONA: Utrum anima uniatur materiae corporali
per medium . . . . .142
QUAESTIO DECIMA: Utrum anima sit in toto corpore et in
qualibet parte ejus . . . .155
QUAESTIO UNDECIMA: Utrum in homini anima rationalis, sen-
sibilis, et vegetabilis sit una substantia . 166
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QUAESTIO DUODECIMA: Utrum anima sit suae potentiae . 177
QUAESTIO TERTIA DECiMA: Utrum videlicet distinguantur per ob-
jecta 185
QUAESTIO QUARTA DECIMA: De immortalitate animae humanae . 197
QUAESTIO OJJINTA DECIMA: Utrum anima separata a corpore pos-
sit in tclligere . . . . .206
QUAESTIO SEXTA DECIMA: Utrum anima conjuncta corpori possit
intelligere substantias separatas . .218
QUAESTIO SEPTIMA DECIMA: Utrum anima separata intelligat sub-
stantias separatas . . .. 2 27
QUAESTIO OCTAVA DECIMA: Utrum anima separata cognoscat omnia
naturalia . . . . . .233
QUAESTIO NONA DECIMA: Utrum potentiae sensitivae remaneant in
anima separata . . . . .24-5
QUAESTIOVICESIMA: Utrum anima separata singularia cog-
noscat . . . . . .. 2 53
QUAESTIO VICESIMA PRIMA: Utrum anima separata possit pati poe-
nam ab igne corporeo . . . 264
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . .275
INDEX 281
FOREWARD
^\NE of the pleasures connected with the publication of such a text
as St. Thomas Aquinas' Quaestiones De Anima is the opportunity it
affords me to express publicly my gratitude and my indebtedness to the
institutions, teachers, scholars, librarians and friends who have made it
possible for me to begin, continue and complete my work. First of all I
wish to thank the Fulbright Commission for a year's fellowship at the
University of Paris in 1953-54, a fellowship which enabled me to examine
in person the majority of the manuscripts of the Quaestiones De Anima.
Marquette University, through a grant for the summer of 1963, made it
possible for me to study manuscripts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
which I had not previously seen. I have also been assisted financially in
my research through the generosity of friends and relatives, my brother,
Howard J. Robb, my aunt, Mrs. L. E. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Houle,
and Mrs. Eddie Shipstad.
My debts to my teachers are easy and pleasant to acknowledge, though
quite impossible to repay. Let me begin by citing Miss Mildred Swenson,
my first teacher of Latin, who, through her unfailing enthusiasm and her
warm personal interest in students, kindled in me a love for Latin that
never ceased to grow. My professors at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval
Studies in Toronto prepared me for the work I wished to do. Each of them
helped me, but I must single out for special thanks Professor Etienne
Gilson, Professor Anton C. Pegis, the Reverend J. Reginald O'Donnell,
C.S.B., and the Rev. I. Eschmann, O.P. I also wish to thank the Rev.
John Stapleton, C.S.B., former librarian of the Pontifical Institute, for his
unfailing courtesy in helping me obtain microfilms of manuscripts and
early editions.
Anyone who has ever worked on Latin manuscripts in Paris will know
how much I owe to the unfailing help of Mile. Marie-The'rese D'Alverney.
She not only aided me in gaining access to all the French manuscripts,
but wrote letters that opened scholarly doors all over Europe. She also
suggested the names of modest and delightful hotels and restaurants,
perfectly suited for the impecunious student travelling in Italy, Belgium
and Germany. However, to Mile. D'Alverney I owe a very special debt,
for it was she who sent me to the Rev. H. Dondaine, O.P., at Le Saulchoir,
and Father Dondaine put at my disposal the thousands of pages of notes
on mediaeval manuscripts which had been gathered over many years by
Rev. Jean Destrez, O.P. Rev. H. Guyot, O.P., was my guide and host