John Buridan, Quaestiones Super Octo Libros Physicorum Aristotelis (Secundum Ultimam Lecturam) - Libri I - II

This volume presents the first critical edition of books I & II of the final redaction of John Buridan's Questions Commentary on Aristotle's Physics. The edition is accompanied by a detailed guide to the contents of Buridan's questions.

About the author

Paul J.J.M. Bakker (Ph.D. 1999) is Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy at Radboud University. His research focuses on the commentary tradition on Aristotle's works on natural philosophy, from the late Middle Ages to the seventeenth century.

Michiel Streijger (Ph.D. 2008) is a researcher at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Munich. He is working on an edition of book II of Robert Cowton's commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard.

Edith D. Sylla (Ph.D. 1971) is Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina). She works on the history of mathematics, physics, and their interrelations from the late Middle Ages to the early eighteenth century.

Johannes M.M.H. Thijssen (Ph.D. 1988) is Professor of History of Philosophy at Radboud University.

Product details

• Authors: John Buridan
• Assisted by: P J J M Bakker (Editor), P. J. J. M. Bakker (Editor), M. Streijger (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.2015
• EAN: 9789004131651
• ISBN: 978-90-04-13165-1
• No. of pages: 552
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 239 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 953 g
• Series: Medieval and Early Modern Phil
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)