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This is the first major work of the famous mediaeval scholastic theologian John Duns Scotus to be translated into English in its entirety. One of the towering intellectual figures of his age, Scotus has had a lasting influence on Western philosophy comparable only to that of Thomas Aquinas.
The questions Scotus discusses on the subject "God and Creatures" were originally presented to him in the course of a quodlibetal dispute, a public debate popular in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In revising the questions for publication, Scotus wove in much of his basic philosophy and theology, making this work one of the mainstays on which his reputation as a thinker depends.
The text of the English translation is based on the most authoritative version of the original Latin text. The extensive annotation and a glossary of technical terms permit each question to be read as an integral treatise in its own right.
Originally published in 1975.
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Question One: In Divine Things, Is It the Essential or the Notional That Is More Immediate to the Divine Essence?
Question One: In Divine Things, Is It the Essential or the Notional That Is More Immediate to the Divine Essence?
Question Two: Could There Be Several Productions of the Same Type in God?
Question Two: Could There Be Several Productions of the Same Type in God?
Question Three: Are These Two Compatible: A Relation Related to Its Opposite Is a Real Thing; And, as Related to the Essence, It Is Only an Aspect?
Question Three: Are These Two Compatible: A Relation Related to Its Opposite Is a Real Thing; And, as Related to the Essence, It Is Only an Aspect?
Question Four: Could the First Divine Person Remain Constituted as a Person, Distinct from the Other Persons, Apart from the Relationship of Origin?
Question Four: Could the First Divine Person Remain Constituted as a Person, Distinct from the Other Persons, Apart from the Relationship of Origin?
Question Five: Is the Relation of Origin Formally Infinite?
Question Five: Is the Relation of Origin Formally Infinite?
Question Six: Is "Equality" in the Divine a Real Relation?
Question Six: Is "Equality" in the Divine a Real Relation?
Question Seven: Can It Be Demonstrated by Natural and Necessary Reason That God Is Omnipotent?
Question Seven: Can It Be Demonstrated by Natural and Necessary Reason That God Is Omnipotent?
Question Eight: Does the Divine Word Have Some Causality of His Own as Regards Creatures?
Question Eight: Does the Divine Word Have Some Causality of His Own as Regards Creatures?
Question Nine: Can God Bring It About That an Angel Inform Matter?
Question Nine: Can God Bring It About That an Angel Inform Matter?
Question Ten: Can God Convert the Eucharistic Species into Something Previously Existing?
Question Ten: Can God Convert the Eucharistic Species into Something Previously Existing?
Question Eleven: If Both Body and Place Remain, Can God Cause the Body Not to Have Ubiety?
Question Eleven: If Both Body and Place Remain, Can God Cause the Body Not to Have Ubiety?
Question Twelve: Is the Relation of a Creature to God as Creator the Same as the Relation to God as Conserver?
Question Twelve: Is the Relation of a Creature to God as Creator the Same as the Relation to God as Conserver?
Question Thirteen: Are the Acts of Knowing and Appetition Essentially Absolute or Essentially Relative?
Question Thirteen: Are the Acts of Knowing and Appetition Essentially Absolute or Essentially Relative?
Question Fourteen: Can the Soul Left to Its Natural Perfection Know the Trinity of Persons in God?
Question Fourteen: Can the Soul Left to Its Natural Perfection Know the Trinity of Persons in God?
Question Fifteen: Is the Possible Intellect Active or Passive as Regards the Concept of a Creature?
Question Fifteen: Is the Possible Intellect Active or Passive as Regards the Concept of a Creature?
Question Sixteen: Are Freedom of Will and Natural Necessity Compatible as Regards the Same Act and Object?
Question Sixteen: Are Freedom of Will and Natural Necessity Compatible as Regards the Same Act and Object?
Question Seventeen: Are Acts of Natural Love and Meritorious Love Specifically the Same?
Question Seventeen: Are Acts of Natural Love and Meritorious Love Specifically the Same?
Question Eighteen: Does the Exterior Act ADD Some Goodness or Badness to the Interior Act?
Question Eighteen: Does the Exterior Act ADD Some Goodness or Badness to the Interior Act?
Question Nineteen: Is the Unity in Christ of the Human Nature with the Word Merely the Assumed Nature's Dependence upon the Word?
Question Nineteen: Is the Unity in Christ of the Human Nature with the Word Merely the Assumed Nature's Dependence upon the Word?
Question Twenty: Does a Priest Who Is Obliged to Say a Mass for Each of Two Different People Satisfy His Obligation by Saying One Mass for Both?
Question Twenty: Does a Priest Who Is Obliged to Say a Mass for Each of Two Different People Satisfy His Obligation by Saying One Mass for Both?
Question Twenty-One: Can One Who Admits That the World Is Eternal Defend the Position That Anyone Could Always Be Fortunate?
Question Twenty-One: Can One Who Admits That the World Is Eternal Defend the Position That Anyone Could Always Be Fortunate?
God and Creatures
：The Quodlibetal Questions
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