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The Trinity, Or, The First Principle = : De Trinitate, Seu De Primo Principio Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation ; No. 28
author
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William.; Teske, Roland J.
publisher
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Marquette University Press
isbn10 | asin
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087462231X
print isbn13
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9780874622317
ebook isbn13
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9780585173726
language
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English
subject
Trinity--Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Medieval.
publication date
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1989
lcc
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BT110.W55 1989eb
ddc
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231/.044
subject
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Trinity--Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Medieval.
William of Auvergne The Trinity, or the First Principles [De Trinitate, Sue de Primo Principio]
Translated from the Latin by Roland J. Teske, S.J. and Francis C. Wade, S.J.
Introduction by Roland J. Teske, s.J.
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 88-63254
ISBN 0-87462-231-X
Copyright 1989
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher.
Marquette University Press
Second Printing 1995
Printed in the United States of America
Page i
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
vii
Abbreviations Used in the Work
viii
Introduction
1
I. William's Life and Works
1
II. William's Aim in The Teaching on God
5
III. The Trinity
8
1. The Teaching on Being
8
2. The Teaching on Power, Potency, and Possibility
15
3. The Teaching on the Three Persons
25
4. The Teaching on the Differences of the Persons
34
5. The Teaching on Language about God
47
IV. William's Style
52
V. The Significance of William's The Trinity
53
Some Conventions Used in the Translation
59
The Trinity, or The First Principle
61
Prologue
63
Chapter I: Being is said of something according to substance1
65
1. The chapter titles are taken from the Paris-Orlns Edition.
Page ii
Chapter II: What has being according to essence is uncaused
68
Chapter III: Such being is utterly simple, apart from any accidental clothing
72
Chapter IV: That being is one and common in no way
74
Chapter V: That being is the cause of all others
79
Chapter VI: All secondary being necessarily depends upon the first being
80
Chapter VII: All potential being depends on the first being and is drawn by it into act
87
Chapter VIII: Power is the principle of effects and operations
92
Chapter IX: There is a first power almighty through itself both by its will and its wisdom
97
Chapter X: Although the divine wisdom and will and power are eternal, there need not be any effect from eternity
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