CRITICAL EDITIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF BOETHIUS' LOGICAL WORKS
Bibliographical Guides about Boethius
Luca Obertello Luca. Severino Boezio. Genova: Accademia Ligure di Scienze e Lettere 1974.
Vol. II: Bibliografia boeziana. Bibliografia
generale pp. 323
Joachim Gruber - Boethius 1925-1998 in: Lustrum. Internationale Forschungsberichte aus deim Bereich des
klassischen Altertums, 39, 1997 pp. 307-383 and 40,
1998 pp. 199-259.
Joachim Gruber
- Kommentar zu Boethius de Consolatione Philosophiae. Berlin: de Gruyter 2006.
Second fully revised and extended edition (first edition 1978).
Anhang. Systematische Literaturverzeichnis pp. 409-444.
Phillips, Philip Edward, "Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius: A Selected
Annotated Bibliography", in:
A Companion to Boethius in the Middle Ages, edited by Philip Edward Phillips and
Noel Harold Kaylor, Jr., Leiden, Brill,
2010 (not yet published).
For more information see: John Magee and
John Marenbon - Appendix: Boethius' works - in: John Marenbon (ed.)
- The Cambridge Companion to Boethius - Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2009, pp. 303-310.
"This Appendix is
designed as a user's guide to Boethius' works. It is divided according to
the four main spheres of his activity - (A) mathematical subjects; (B)
logic; (c) theology; (D) the Consolation - with additional sections on (E)
lost works and (F) works sometimes misattributed to him. For each work,
there is a very brief description, any questions over its authenticity and
completeness are considered and a dating given, where possible; the best
edition is cited (and any other useful ones) and details of translations and
commentaries given, where applicable."
OPERA OMNIA
Manlii Severini Boetii opera omnia. Edited by Migne Jacques Paul. Paris: 1847. Patrologia Latina vol. 63.
Contents:
N. of Columns:
0555 - 0562C Vita Operaque [Editor]
0561 - 0574D Vita Operaque. Testimonia Variorum De Boethio Et Ejus Scriptis
0579 - 0870A De Consolatione Philosophiae
1079 - 1167A De Arithmetica Libri Duo
1307 - 1352C Euclidis Megarensis Geometriae Libri Duo Ab A M Severino Boethio Translati [opera spuria]
1352 - 1364D Liber De Geometria [opera spuria]
Patrologia Latina vol. 64.
Contents:
N. of Columns:
0009 - 0070D In Prophyrium Dialogi A Victorino Translati
0071 - 0158D Commentarii In Porphyrium A Se Translatum
0159 - 0294C In Categorias Aristotelis Libri Quatuor
0293 - 0640A In Librum Aristotelis De Interpretatione Libri Duo
0639 - 0712C Priorum Analyticorum Aristotelis Libri Duo
0711 - 0762B Posteriorum Analyticorum Aristotelis Libri Duo
0761 - 0832A De Syllogismo Categorico
0831 - 0876C De Syllogismo Hypothetico Libri Duo
0875 - 0892A De Divisione
0891 - 0910C Liber De Diffinitione [the author is Marius Victorinus, not Boethius]
0909 - 1008C Topicorum Aristotelis Libri Octo Severino Boethio Interprete
1007 - 1040D Elencorum Sophisticorum Aristotelis Libro Duo Severino Boetio Interprete
1039 - 1174A In Topica Ciceronis Commentariorum Libri Sex
1173 - 1216D De Differentiis Topicis Libri Quatuor
1217 - 1222C Speculatio De Rhethoricae Cognatione [opera spuria]
1221 - 1224C Locorum Rhethoricorum Distinctio [opera spuria]
1223 - 1238D De Disciplina Scholarum [opera spuria]
Theological tractates:
1247 - 1256A Quomodo Trinitas Unus Deus Ac Non Tres Dii
1299 - 1302C Utrum Pater Et Filus Ac Spiritus Sanctus De Divinitate Substantialiter Praedicentur Liber
1311 - 1314C Quomodo Substantiae In Eo Quod Sint Bonae Sint Cum Non Sint Substantialia Bona
1333 - 1338C Brevis Fidei Christianae Complexio
1337 - 1354D Liber De Persona Et Duabus Naturis Contra Eutychen Et Nestorium
TRANSLATIONS
Categoriae vel Praedicamenta. Translatio Boethii, Editio Composite, Translatio Guillelmi de Moerbeka, Lemmata e Simplicii commentario decerpta, Pseudo-Augustini Paraphrasis Themistiana. Edited by Minio-Paluello Lorenzo. Bruges: Desclée De Brouwer 1961. Aristotele Latinus I. 1-5. "This volume contains five Latin versions of Aristotle's Categories. Numbers 1 (pp. 5-41) and 2 (pp. 47-79) both stem from Boethius, who is responsible for the Latin translations that were most widespread. One of them is more literal, the other more elegant. William of Moerbeke, on the other hand, was the author of a Latin version not only of Aristotle's work (3), but also of Simplicius' commentary, which contains the abbreviated lemmas of the Aristotelian text (4). Moreover, Aristotle's work was known by means of a Roman paraphrase attributed to Augustin and influenced by Themistius (5)."
Categoriarum supplementa. Porphyrii Isagoge, Translatio Boethii, et Anonymi Fragmentum vulgo vocatum "Liber sex principiorum". Edited by Minio-Paluello Lorenzo. Bruges: Desclée De Brouwer 1966. Aristotele Latinus I. 6-7. "This volume constitutes a supplement to the Latin versions of the Categories. It contains Porphyry's famous Introduction to Aristotle's Categories in Boethius' translation (6) and an extract of an anonymous 12th century Latin writing, which was widespread under the title Liber sex principiorum (7): it deals mainly with the last six categories, treated more briefly in Aristotle's work. The volume also contains the fragments quoted by Boethius from an older Latin version of Porphyry's Introduction, done by Marius Victorinus."
De interpretatione vel Periermenias. Translatio Boethii, Translatio Guillelmi de Moerbeka. Edited by Verbeke Gérard and Minio-Paluello Lorenzo. Bruges: Desclée De Brouwer 1965. Aristotele Latinus II. 1-2. "This volume contains the vulgate text of the Perihermeneias, which goes back to Boethius (1), and the version composed with the lemmas of the Aristotelian text in William of Moerbeke's translation of Ammonius' commentary (2)."
Aristotle's theory of language and its tradition. Texts from 500 to 1750. Edited by Arens Hans. Amsterdam: Benjamins 1984.
Selection, translation and commentary by Hans Arens.
Contents: Preface 1; 1. The extraordinary fate of Peri hermeneias 6; 2. Aristotle's text 16; 3. Commentary to Aristotle 24; 4. Ammonius: Commentary 58; 5. Commentary to Ammonius 124; 6. Boethius: Commentary 159; 7. Commentary to Boethius 205; 8. Abaelard: Glosses 231; 9. Commentary to Abaelard 303; 10. Albertus Magnus: Paraphrase 339; 11. Commentary to Albert 376; 12. Thomas Aquinas: Expositio 397; 13. Commentary to Thomas 434; 14. Martinus de Dacia: Quaestiones 458; 15. Commentary to Martin 471; 16. Johannes a S.Thoma: Ars logica 484; 17. Commentary to John of St.Thomas 507; 18. James Harris, an Aristotelian of the 18th century 514; References 523; Concordance 527; Index of Persons 530
Analytica priora. Translatio Boethii (recensiones duae), Translatio anonyma, Pseudo-Philoponi aliorumque Scholia. Edited by Minio-Paluello Lorenzo. Bruges: Desclée De Brouwer 1962. Aristotele Latinus III. 1-4. "Boethius composed a double Latin version not only of the Categories, but of the Prior Analytics as well (1-2). However, the two versions have not been edited separately except for certain parts, the second version having been displayed, for the other parts, in the critical apparatus. Apart from these widespread texts, a good, but not quite successful anonymous 12th century translation of Aristotle's logic has come down to us (3). Special attention is paid to a set of Latin scholia to the Prior Analytics (4), the origin of which is disputed. According to L. Minio-Paluello and J. Shiel, they were translated by Boethius along with the Aristotelian text; according to recent research, however, they might go back to a translation by James of Venice."
Reprint with a supplement composed by J. Shiel, Leiden, Brill, 1998
Topica. Translatio Boethii, Fragmentum Recensionis Alterius et Translatio Anonyma. Edited by Minio-Paluello Lorenzo. Bruges: Desclée De Brouwer 1969. Aristotele Latinus V. 1-3. "Boethius' rendering of the Topics has been carried out, once more, in two versions (1-2), one of which has not been preserved but partly. Moreover, a 12th century version is extant: it stems from the anonymous translator of the Prior analytics (3)."
Translatio Boethii. In Porphyre. Isagoge. Paris: Vrin 1998. pp. 1-30
Texte grec et latin, traduction par Alain de Libera et Alain-Philippe Segonds. Introduction et note par Alain de Libera.
Table des matières: Introduction, par Alain de Libera VII-CXLII; Introduction de Porhyre aux Catégories d'Aristote. Texte grec, Translatio Boethii, traduction française 1; Notes de la traduction française 31; Notes de la Translatio Boethii 71; Bibliographie 73; Index verborum. Grec-latin 77; Latin-grec 88; Index nominum. Anciens et Mèdiévaux 95; Modernes 98-100
De sophisticis elenchis. Translatio Boethii, Fragmenta Translationis Iacobi et Recensio Guillelmi de Moerbeke. Edited by Dod Bernard G. Bruges: Desclée De Brouwer 1975. Aristotele Latinus VI. 1-3. "The vulgate text of the De sophisticis elenchis stems from Boethius (1). Fragments of another version have been attributed to James of Venice (2), and William of Moerbeke did a revision of Boethius' translation (3)."
COMMENTARIES
Porphyrii Isagoge et in Aristotelis Categorias commentarium. Edited by Busse Adolf. Berlin: Reimer 1887. Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca IV.1
Anicii Manlii Severini Boethii In Isagogen Porphyrii commenta. Vienna: Tempsky 1906.
Copiis a Georgio Schepss comparatis suisque usus, recensuit Samuel Brandt.
Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum vol. 38.
Anastatic reprint: New York, Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1966
First Commentary on Isagoge pp. 3-132; Second Commentary on the Isagoge pp. 135-348
From his Second Conmmentary to Porphyry's Isagoge. In Five texts on the mediaeval problem of universals. Porphyry, Boethius, Abelard, Duns Scotus, Ockham. Edited by Spade Paul Vincent. Indianapolis: Hackett 1994. pp. 20-25
Anicii Manlii Severini Boetii Commentarii in librum Aristotelis Peri Hermeneías [First commentary]. Lipsia: Teubner 1877.
Recensuit Carolus Meiser.
Pars prior versionem continuam et primam editionem continens.
Reprint New York, Garland 1987
Anicii Manlii Severini Boetii Commentarii in librum Aristotelis Peri Hermeneías [Second commentary]. Lipsia: Teubner 1880.
Recensuit Carolus Meiser.
Pars posterior secundam editionem et Indices continens.
Reprint New York, Garland 1987
On determinism. Ammonius On Aristotle On interpretation 9 with Boethius On Aristotle On interpretation 9 first and second commentaries. London: Duckworth 1998.
Ammonius translated by David Blank; Boethius translated by Norman Kretzmann.
With essays by Richard Sorabji, Norman Kretzmann and Mario Mignucci.
In Ciceronis Topica. In M. Tulli Ciceronis Opera Omnia. Vol. V. 1. Edited by Orelli Johann Kaspar von and Baiter Johann Georg. Zurich: 1833. pp. 27-388
In Ciceronis Topica. Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1988.
Translated with notes and an introduction by Eleonore Stump.
De topicis differentiis. Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1978.
Translated, with notes and essays on the text, by Eleonore Stump
OTHER LOGICAL WORKS
Anicii Manlii Severini Boethii Introductio ad syllogismos categoricos. Gothenburg: University of Gothenburg 2008.
Critical edition with introduction, commentary, and indexes by Christina Thomsen Thörnqvist
Anicii Manlii Severini Boethii De syllogismo categorico. Gothenburg: University of Gothenburg 2008.
Critical edition with introduction, translation, notes, and indexes by Christina Thomsen Thörnqvist
De hypotheticis syllogismis. Brescia: Paideia 1969.
Latin text, Italian translation, introduction and commentary by Luca Obertello
De divisione liber. Leiden: Brill 1998.
Critical edition, translation, prolegomena and commentary by John Magee.
On division. In Logic and philosophy of language. Edited by Kretzmann Norman and Stump Eleonore. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1988. pp. 11-38
The Cambridge translations of medieval philosophical texts. Vol 1
Trattato sulla divisione. Padova: Liviana 1969.
Latin text and Italian translation with an introduction and commentary by Lorenzo Pozzi
Anicii Manlii Torquati Severini Boetii De institutione arithmetica libri duo. De institutione musica libri quinque. Accedit geometria quae fertur Boetii. Edited by Friedlein Gottfried. Lipsia: Teubner 1867.
Reprint: Frankfurt, Minerva, 1966. De institutione arithmetica pp. 3-173; De institutione musica pp. 175-371
Anicii Manlii Severini Boethii De arithmetica. Edited by Oosthout Henri and Schilling Johannes. Turnhout: Brepols 1999.
Corpus Christianorum. Serie Latina 94A
De institutione arithmetica libri duo. Ottawa: Institute of Mediaeval Music 2007.
Édition proto-philologique intégrale princeps d'un manuscrit du IXe siècle (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, latin 14064).
Texte, gloses, notes tironiennes, signes de renvoi par Illo Humphrey.
Text of De institutione arithmetica in Latin; preliminary essay in English; introduction and concluding essay in French
Boethian number theory. Amsterdam: Rodopi 1983.
Translation, with introduction and notes, of the De institutione arithmetica by Charles Masi
Institution arithmétique. Paris: Belles Lettres 1995.
Latin text and French translation by Jean-Yves Guillaumin
Boethius' Geometrie II. Ein mathematisches Lehrbuch des Mittelalters. Edited by Folkerts Menso. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner 1970.
Boethius' De institutione musica. Edited by Santosuosso Alma. Ottawa: Institute of Mediaeval Music 1999.
Music theory in mediaeval Normandy. Volume 1. MSS Avranches, Bibliothèque municipale, 236, 237
Fundamentals of music. Edited by Palisca Claude. New Haven: Yale University Press 1969.
Translated, with introduction and notes by Calvin M. Bower
Traité de la musique. Turnhout: Brepols 2005.
Texte Latin (de l'édition publiée en 1867 par Gottfried Friedlein) et traduction française par Christian Meyer
The theological tractates / The consolation of philosophy. London: Heinemann 1973.
The Loeb Classical Library; new edition; Latin text and English translation. The theological tractates translated by H. F. Stewart, E. K. Rand and S. J. Tester; The consolation of philosophy translated by S. J. Tester.
Opuscola sacra. Louvain: Peeters 2007.
Vol. 1. Capita dogmatica: Traités II, III, IV. Texte latin de l'édition de Claudio Moreschini.
Introduction, traduction et commentaire par Alain Galonnier; préface de Jean Jolivet
Anicii Manlii Severini Boethii Philosophiae consolatio. Edited by Bieler Ludwig. Turnhout: Brepols 1957.
Corpus Christianorum. Serie Latina 94
De consolatione philosophiae. Opuscula theologica. Edited by Moreschini Claudio. Lipsia: K. G. Saur 2000.
Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana
Second revised edition 2005
The consolation of philosophy. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1999.
Translated with introduction and explanatory notes by Patrick Gerard Walsh.
The consolation of philosophy. Indianapolis: Hackett 2001.
Translated, with introduction and notes, by Joel C. Relihan
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON BOETHIUS' LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS
A concordance of Boethius: the five Theological Tractates and the
Consolation of philosophy. Edited by Cooper Lane. Cambridge: Medieval
Academy of America 1928.
Boethius and the Liberal Arts. A collection of essays. Edited by Masi
Michael. Bern: Peter Lang 1981.
Contents: Myra L. Uhlfelder: The role of the liberal arts in Boethius'
Consolatio; Eleonore Stump: Boethius and Peter of Spain on the topics; Fannie J.
Lemoine: The precious style as heuristic device; Pearl Kibre: The Boethian De
institutione arithmetica and the Quadrivium in the thirteenth century
university milieu at Paris; Michael Masi: The influence of Boethius De
arithmetica on late medieval mathematics; Ubaldo Pizzani: The influence of
the De institutione musica of Boethius up to Gerbert D'Aurillac; Calvin
M. Bower: The role of Boethius's De institutione musica in the
speculative tradition of western musical thought; Julia Bolton Holloway: "The
Asse to the Harpe"; Menso Folkerts: The importance of the pseudo-Boethian
Geometria during the Middle Age; Pierre Courcelle: Boethius, Lady
Philosophy, and the representations of the muses
Boethius. His life, thought and influence. Edited by Gibson Margaret.
Oxford: Blackwell 1981.
Congresso Internazionale di Studi Boeziani. Atti (Pavia, 5-8 ottobre
1980). Edited by Obertello Luca. Roma : Editrice Herder 1981.
Boethius. Edited by Fuhrmann Manfred and Gruber Joachim. Darmstadt:
Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 1984.
Boethius in the Middle Ages. Latin and vernacular traditions of the
Consolatio philosophiae. Edited by Hoenen Maarten and Nauta Lodi. Leiden:
Brill 1997.
Boethius. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 78, 175-348 2004.
Boèce ou la chaîne des savoirs. Edited by Galonnier Alain.
Louvain-la-Neuve: Peeters 2005.
Actes du Colloque International de la Fondation Singer-Polignac, Paris, 8-12
juin 1999.
Préface by Roshdi Rashed; Introduction by Pierre Magnard.
New directions in Boethian studies. Edited by Jr. Kaylor Noel Harold
and Phillips Philip Edward. Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications 2007.
The Cambridge Companion to Boethius. Edited by Marenbon John.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009.
Contents: List of contributors XI; List of abbreviations of Boethius' works XIV;
List of abbreviations XV; John Marenbon: Introduction: reading Boethius whole 1;
Part I. Before the Consolation 11;
1. John Moorhead: Boethius' life and the world of late antique philosophy 13; 2.
Sten Ebbesen: The Aristotelian commentator 34; 3. Christopher J. Martin: The
logical textbooks and their influence 56; 4. Margaret Cameron: Boethius on
utterances, understanding and reality 85; 5. David Bradshaw: The Opuscula
sacra: Boethius and theology 105; 6. Andrew Arlig: The metaphysics of
individuals in the Opuscula sacra 129; 7. Christophe Erismann: The
medieval fortunes of the Opuscula sacra 155;
Part II The Consolation 179;
8. John Magee: The Good and morality: Consolatio 2-4 181; 9. Robert
Sharples: Fate, prescience and free will 207; 10. Danuta Shanzer: Interpreting
the Consolation 228; 11. Lodi Nauta: The Consolation: the Latin
commentary tradition, 800-1700 255; 12. Winthrop Wetherbee: The Consolation
and medieval literature 279;
Appendix. John Magee and John Marenbon: Boethius' works 303;
Bibliography: 311; Index: References to Boethius' works 340; General index
343-356
Ashworth Earline Jennifer, "Boethius on topics, conditionals and
argument-forms," History and Philosophy of Logic 10: 213-225 (1989).
Asztalos Monika, "Boethius as a transmitter of Greek logic to the Latin
West: the Categories," Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 95:
367-407 (1993).
Barnes Jonathan. Boethius and the study of logic. In Boethius: his life,
thought and influence. Edited by Gibson Margaret. Oxford: Blackwell 1981.
pp. 73-89
Berka Karel, "Die Semantik des Boethius," Helikon 8: 454-459 (1968).
Brock Stephen L., "Harmonizing Plato and Aristotle on Esse: Thomas
Aquinas and the De hebdomadibus," Nova et Vetera 5: 465-494
(2007).
Brock Stephen L., "La "conciliazione" di Platone e Aristotele riguardo alla
partecipazione nell'essere. Osservazioni sul commento di Tommaso d'Aquino al
De hebdomadibus di Boezio," Acta Philosophica.Rivista Internazionale di
Filosofia 14 (2007).
Sommario: 1. Il progetto boeziano e il commento di Tommaso al De hebdomadibus.
2. La questione dell'essere boeziano e tommasiano. 3. La partecipazione. 4. Ci
può essere partecipazione con o senza Idee platoniche. 5. L'essere stesso
partecipa ad una causa. 6. L'essere non si partecipa come un genere e comunque
inerisce alle cose. 7. L'essere si partecipa secondo le categorie e l'essere
simpliciter è l'essere sostanziale. 8. L'essere partecipato appartiene per se.
9. Conclusione.
Abstract: Several features of St Thomas's commentary on the De hebdomadibus
suggest that he was taking quite seriously Boethius's view concerning the
fundamental harmony between the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. The paper
focuses on the commentary's treatment of the doctrine of participation in being
(esse). There are several places where St Thomas seems to be working quietly to
bring the doctrine in line with aristotelian ontology. These have a bearing on
the much disputed question of the relation between St Thomas and Boethius on the
distinction between esse and id quod est.
Brosch Hermann Josef. Der Seinsbegriff bei Boethius mit besonderes
Berücksichtigung der Beziehung von Sosein und Dasein. Inbsburck: Felizian
Rauch 1931.
Casey Gerard, "An explication of the De Hebdomadibus of Boethius in
the light of St. Thomas Commentary," Thomist 51: 419-434 (1987).
Chadwick Henry. Boethius. The consolations of music, logic, theology, and
philosophy. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1981.
Corrigan Kevin, "A new source for the distinction between id quod est
and esse in Boethius' De Hebdomadibus," Studia Patristica
18: 133-138 (1990).
Papers of the 1983 Oxford Patristic Conference
Courcelle Pierre. Les lettres grecques en Occident. De Macrobe à
Cassiodore. Paris: Boccard 1948.
Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée (première édition 1943).
English translation: Late Latin writers and their Greek sources -
Translated by Harry E. Wedeck - Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1969
Courcelle Pierre. La Consolation de philosophie dans la tradition
littéraire. Antécédents et postérité de Boèce. Paris: Études augustiniennes
1967.
Craemer-Ruegenberg Ingrid. Die Substanzmetaphysik des Boethius in den
Opuscula sacra. Köln: Gouder u. Hansen, 1969.
De Libera Alain. L'Art des généralités. Théories de l'abstraction.
Paris: Aubier 1999.
Table: Introduction, 5; 1. Alexandre d'Aphrodise, 25; 2. Boèce, 159; 3. Pierre
Abélard, 281; 4. Avicenne 499; Conclusion 609; Appendice: Textes traduits de
l'arabe par Marc Geoffroy, 637;
Index: Auteurs anciens et médiévaux, 683; Auteurs modernes, 687; Thèses, 693
de Rijk Lambertus Marie, "On the chronology of Boethius' works on logic.
Part I," Vivarium 2: 1-49 (1964).
"The chronological order of Boethius' works appears to be a rather difficult
problem. Hence, it is not surprising that the numerous attempts to establish it
led the scholars to results which are neither all conclusive nor uniform. In
this article I confine myself to Boethius' works on logic. Before giving my own
contribution it would seem to be useful to summarize the results of preceding
studies and to make some general remarks of a methodological nature.
(...)
My conclusion from this survey is that the best we can do in order to establish
approximately the chronological order of Boethius' works on logic is to start a
careful and detailed examination of all our data on this matter. In doing so an
analysis of their contents seems to be quite indispensable, no less than a
thorough examination of doctrinal and terminological differences." pp. 1 and 4.
de Rijk Lambertus Marie, "On the chronology of Boethius' works on logic.
Part II," Vivarium 2: 125-162 (1964).
"We shall now sum up the results of our investigations. First some previous
remarks. Our first table gives of nine of the works discussed the chronological
interrelation, which can be established with a fair degree of certainty. The
figures put after the works give the approximative date of their composition
(the second one that of their edition); when printed in heavy types they are
based on external data; the other ones are based on calculation.
Table 1
Boethius' birth about 480 A.D.
In Porphyrii Isagogen, editio prima
about 504-505 In Syllogismis categoricis libri duo (= ? Institutio categorica)
about 505-506 In Porphyrii Isagogen, editio secunda
about 507-509
In Aristotelis Categorias (? editio prima) about 509-511
In Aristotelis Perhemeneias, editio prima
not before 513
In Aristotelis Perhemeneias, editio secunda
about 515-516
De syllogismis hypotheticis libri tres
between 516 and 522
In Ciceronis Topica Commentaria
before 522
De topicis differentiis libri quattuor
before 523
Boethius' death 524
The rest of the works discussed cannot be inserted in this table without some
qualification. (...)
We may establish the following table for the works not contained in our first
table:
Table 2
Liber de divisione
between 505 and 509
possible second edition of the In Categorias
after 515-516
Translations of the Topica (and Sophistici Elenchi) and of the Analytica Priora and Analytica Posteriora
not after 520
Commentary on Aristotle's Topica
before 523
the so-called Introductio (? = In Priora Analytica Praedicanda)
certainly after 513; probably c. 523
Scholia on Aristotle's Analytica Priora
first months of 523 at the latest"
pp. 159-161 (notes omitted).
de Rijk Lambertus Marie. Boèce logicien et philosophe: ses positions
sémantiques et sa métaphysique de l'être. In Atti del Congresso
internazionale di studi boeziani (Pavia, 5-8 Ottobre 1980). Edited by
Obertello Luca. Genova: Accademia Ligure di scienze e lettere 1981. pp. 141-156
"Le grand historien Etienne Gilson a bien remarqué que c'est à propos du
problème du Bien que la pensée de Boèce fut la plus personnelle et la plus
féconde. Avec Platon et Saint Augustin, il identifie dans son opuscule
Quomodo substantiae l'être au Bien (comme le Mal au non-être). Il est
évident que dans l'opinion de Boèce la doctrine de l'être obtient une importance
décisive comme base de la théorie du Bien. Aussi la solution du problème du Bien
et du Mal fut esquissé dans sa métaphysique de l'être.
L'identification de l'être et du Bien implique que pour tout ce qui est, c'est
une seule et même chose d'être et d'être bon. Mais si les choses
sont substantiellement bonnes, en quoi diffèrent-elles du Bien en soi,
qui est Dieu? Dans cette question la problématique du Sophiste de Platon
a dû revivre. On sait que dans cette dialogue Platon a essayé de resoudre le
problème fondamental de l'être des choses périssables par une analyse vraiment
pénétrante des notions de "Même" (tauton) et "Autre" (heteron).
Il me semble que Boèce fait une chose comparable. Il n'est pas étonnant qu'il
commence (dans De hebdomadibus = Quomodo substantiae etc.; voir
l'edition de Stewart-Rand) ses exposés approfondis sur la notion de l'être par
l'axiome qui a dû provoquer tant de commentaires pendant le moyen âge:
diversum est esse et quit quod est (II 28-30: "il ya diversité entr' être
et ce qui est"). Cette formule, qui est valable pour tout être composé
concerne la différence ontologique entre l'élément constitutif, ou la forme, de
tout être composé d'un côté, et la chose elle-même, ou le tout établi par cette
forme, de l'autre. Le tout doit son être à l'élément constitutif qui est la
forme substantielle, sans laquelle il n'est pas du tout. Cependant la question
sur son essence ne peut pas être resolue en désignant cette forme. (...)
Il semble être utile de prendre au sérieux la suggestion des commentateurs
médiévaux et d'entreprendre la réponse à notre question du point de vue
sémantique. Je propose de discuter d'abord (1) la notion de qualitas chez
Boèce (2), ensuite son modèle sémantique (3), et ses idées sur le rôle
(logico-sémantique) du nom et du verbe (4-5); enfin la signification exacte de
sa notion de l'être (esse) sera discutée (6) et éclarcie en mettant en
lumière le but et la méthode du traité Quomodo substantiae (7)." pp.
141-142 (Notes omitted).
de Rijk Lambertus Marie. On Boethius' notion of Being. A chapter of Boethian
semantics. In Meaning and inference in medieval philosophy. Studies in memory
of Jan Pinborg. Edited by Kretzmann Norman. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic
Publishers 1988. pp. 1-29
Reprinted as chapter I in: Through language to reality: studies in medieval
semantics and metaphysics.
"From Parmenides onwards, ancient and medieval thought had a special liking for
metaphysical speculation. No doubt, speculative thought was most influentially
outlined by Plato and Aristotle. However, what the Christian thinkers achieved
in metaphysics was definitely more than just applying and adapting what was
handed down to them. No student of medieval speculative thought can help being
struck by the peculiar fact that whenever fundamental progress was made, it was
theological problems which initiated the development. This applies to St
Augustine and Boethius, and to the great medieval masters as well (such as
Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus). Their speculation was, time and again,
focused on how the notion of being and the whole range of our linguistic tools
can be applied to God's Nature (Being).
It is no wonder, then, that an inquiry into Boethius's notion of being should be
concerned, first and foremost, with his theological treatises, especially De
hebdomadibus. (...)
My final section aims at showing how Boethius's notion of being is clearly
articulated in accordance with his semantic distinctions. This is most clearly
seen in the main argument of De hebdomadibus where they may be actually
seen at work.
As is well known, the proper aim of De hebdomadibus is to point
out the formal difference between esse and esse bonum, or in
Boethius's words: 'the manner in which substances are good in virtue of
their being, while not yet being substantially good' (38.2-4). Its method
consists in a careful application of certain formal distinctions, viz.:
(a) The distinction between an object 'when taken as a subsistent whole and
id quod est = the constitutive element which causes the object's actually'
being; it is made in Axiom II and used in Axiom IV.
(b) The distinction (closely related to the preceding one) obtaining between the
constitutive element effecting the object's actual being (forma essendi,
or ipsum esse) and the object's actuality as such (id quod est or
ipsum est); it is made in Axioms VII and VIII.
(c) The distinction between esse as 'pure being' (= nihil aliud
praeter se habens admixtum), which belongs to any form, whether substantial
or incidental, and id quod est admitting of some admixture (lit.
'something besides what it is itself'); it is made in Axiom IV and in fact
implies the distinction between esse simpliciter and esse aliquid. (d) The distinction between 'just being some thing', tantum esse aliquid,
and 'being something qua mode of being'. It is made in
Axiom V and used in Axiom VI and is in fact concerned with a further distinction
made within the notion of id quod est. It points out the differences
between the effect caused by some form as constitutive of being some
thing and that caused by the main constituent (forma essendi) which
causes an object's being simpliciter. (e) The distinction between two different modes of participation, one
effecting an object's being subsistent, the other its being some
thing, where the 'some thing' (aliquid) refers to some
(non-subsistent) quality such as 'being white', 'being wise', 'being good', etc.
The application of these distinctions enables Boethius to present a solution to
the main problem: although the objects (ea quae sunt, plural of id
quod est) are (are good) through their own constitutive
element, being (being good), nevertheless they are not
identical with their constitutive element nor (a fortiori) with
the IPSUM ESSE (BONUM ESSE) of which their constituent is only a participation."
pp. 1 and 22-23.
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"There can be no doubt whatsoever about Boethius's exceptional merits for
transmitting Aristotle's logic to us. But while 'Aristotelian' logic is in many
respects synonymous with 'Aristotelico-Boethian' logic, the question can be
raised whether Aristotle himself was an 'Aristotelian'. To give just one
example: from Łukasiewicz onwards there has been much debate among scholars
about the telling differences between traditional syllogistic and that of the
Prior Analytics. (1)
In this paper I intend to deal with two specimens of Boethius's way of
commenting upon Aristotle's text. They are found in his discussion of De
interpretatione, chapters 2 and 3, which present Aristotle's views of
ónoma and rhema. (2) One concerns the semantics of indefinite names,
the other that of isolated names and verbs." p. 227
(1) Jan Łukasiewicz, Aristotle's Syllogistic from the Standpoint of Modern
Formal Logic, Oxford, 1951. G. Patzig, Aristotle's Theory of the
Syllogism. A logico-philological study of Book A of the Prior Analytics,
Dordrecht, 1969.
(2) Rhema properly stands for 'what is said of', including not only our
'verb' but also adjectives, when used in attributive position. One should
realise, however, that 'verb' refers to a word class, rather than a semantic or
syntactical category, as rhema does.
(...)
"Conclusion. Returning now to Boethius' manner of commenting upon Aristotle's
texts, the following points can be made:
[1] In the wake of Ammonius, (3) Boethius explains [De int.] 16b22-25 on
the apophantic level, i.e. in terms of statement-making, instead of framing
significative concepts, i.e. on the onomastic level.
[2] Whereas in Ammonius' report of the predecessors, Alexander and Porphyry, as
well as his own exposition of the issue, there are many clues to the previous
alternative reading and interpretation on the onomastic level, Boethius does not
even refrain from cleansing the text (including his 'quotations'), by
changing, at any occurrence, 'ens' into 'est'.
[3] In doing so, Boethius decisively influenced the commentary tradition on
account of the purport of De int. 3, 16b19-25. He effectively contributed to
the common verdict on this paragraph in terms of 'a curious medley'.
[4] As far as the semantics of the indefinite verb (3, 16b14-15) is concerned,
Boethius' apparently adhering to the so-called 'Ammonii recensio' was far less
desastrous for the common understanding of Aristotle on this score, and, in
effect, merely provided us with some stimulating Medieval discussions of the
semantics of term infinitation.
[5] Finally by way of speculative surmise, it might be suggested that both the
fact that Boethius dealt with the 'Ammonii recognise' without reading it in his
lemma of 16b14-15, as well as his rather ruthlessly interfering in the
quotations of the pre-Ammonian sources, should make it more plausible that
Boethius had extensive, but incomplete marginal notes to his Greek text of
Aristotle at his disposal, rather than a full copy of Ammonius' commentary (or
those of other Greek commentators).
To comment upon Aristotle's work naturally includes developing his lore. But
nothing can ever guarantee that this will happen ad metem auctoris. (4)"
(3) It is unmistakably plain that in De int. ch. 3, Boethius is strongly
influenced by what he read in Ammonius (or in marginal notes on Ammonius' view).
(4) Cf. the interesting paper on this subject by Frans A.J. de Haas, "Survival
of the Fittest? Mutations of Aristotle's Method of Inquiry in Late Antiquity"
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