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Studies in the Philosophy of William of Auvergne Studies in the Philosophy of William of Auvergne Bishop of Paris (1228–1249) By Roland J. Teske, S.J. Marquette Studies in Philosophy No. 51 Andrew Tallon, Series Editor Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Teske, Roland J., 1934Studies in the philosophy of William of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris (1228-1249) / by Roland J. Teske. p. cm. — (Marquette studies in philosophy ; no. 51) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN-13: 978-0-87462-674-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-87462-674-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. William, of Auvergne, Bishop of Paris, d. 1249. I. Title. B765.G84T47 2006 189’.4—dc22 2006026815 Photo of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, by Andrew J. Tallon. © 2006 Marquette University Press Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-3141 All rights reserved. www.marquette.edu/mupress/ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Table of Contents Dedication............................................................................................ 7 Acknowledgments............................................................................... 8 Introduction......................................................................................... 9 1. William of Auvergne: An Overview............................................17 2. William of Auvergne on the Eternity of the World...................29 3. The Identity of the “Italici” in William of Auvergne’s Discussion of the Eternity of the World.....................................53 4. William of Auvergne on De re and De dicto Necessity..............65 5. William of Auvergne and the Manichees....................................81 6. William of Auvergne’s Use of the Avicennian Principle: “Ex Uno, In Quantum Unum, Non Nisi Unum”......................101 7. William of Auvergne on the Individuation of Human Souls..121 8. William of Auvergne’s Arguments for the Newness of the World............................................................................................145 9. William of Auvergne’s Rejection of the Platonic Archetypal World............................................................................................161 10. William of Auvergne on the Relation between Reason and Faith..............................................................................................179 11. William of Auvergne on Time and Eternity...........................195 12. William of Auvergne’s Debt to Avicenna................................217 13. William of Auvergne on the Various States of Our Nature.. 239 Bibliography.....................................................................................261 Index of Names................................................................................271 Subject Index....................................................................................273 For my students over the years Acknowledgments The articles reprinted in this volume were previously published as listed below. I gratefully acknowledge their original place of publication and thank the editors for their permission to reprint the articles. “William of Auvergne: An Overview,” originally published as “William of Auvergne,” in A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages, ed. Jorge J. E. Gracia and Timothy B. Noone. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2002, pp. 680–687. “William of Auvergne on the Eternity of the World,” The Modern Schoolman 67 (1990): 187–205. “The Identity of the ‘Italici’ in William of Auvergne’s Discussion of the Eternity of the World,” Proceedings of the PMR Conference 15 (1990): 189–201. “William of Auvergne on De re and De dicto Necessity,” The Modern