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John Blund - Treatise on the Soul (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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John Blund - Treatise on the Soul (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi, 2
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Since the publication of the edition of John Blund's Tractatus de
anima by the British Academy in 1970 there has been widespread
acceptance of the importance of this text for the history of
thought. Blund (ca. 1175-1248) was probably one of the first
commentators on the libri naturales at Paris before the prohibition
of 1210, and later introduced them to Oxford. Indeed, apart from
the prohibitions of 1210 and 1215, the De anima of Blund is the one
text which sheds light on the first reception of Aristotle at
Paris. The text was probably composed at Paris, before 1204. Blund
taught arts at Paris ca. 1200-1205, then at Oxford towards
1207-1209. He returned to study theology at Paris during the
interdict (1208-1214) and the contemporaneous suspension of the
schools at Oxford (1209-1214). He was regent in theology at Paris
for twelve years, and taught theology at Oxford after 1229. With
the Tractatus a whole area of philosophical speculation - namely
Greek and Arabic psychology - arrived at Oxford, where it would
continue to grow and be debated throughout the century. Blund did
not know Averroes but he reflects the state of Latin
Aristotelianism during the first third of the thirteenth century.
Like his contemporaries Blund regarded the De anima of Avicenna as
a commentary on Aristotle; indeed they found it clearer than the
text of Aristotle and were guided by it. Blund is faithful to
Aristotle and to Avicenna, rejecting, for example, the binarium
famosissimum drawn from the Fons vitae of Avicebron. In expounding
the doctrine of Aristotle and following the plan laid out by
Avicenna, he considers the arguments for and against before
offering his own reasoned position in the solutio. He defends the
role of the philosopher as considering the nature of the soul and
as distinct from theological considerations. This new English
translation makes available this important text to a wider audience
of scholars interested in philosophy, theology, medieval history
and the history of science and psychology. Students who are
learning medieval Latin will be able to follow the original Latin
with the help of the parallel translation and text notes.
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