A Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics - A Most Ample Index to the Metaphysics of Aristotle - Mediæval Philosophical Texts in Translation - No. 40

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Francisco Suárez’s commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, translated from the Latin by John P. Doyle, presents an introduction and notes alongside an extensive “most ample index” to the work’s disputations and books. The volume is framed within the series Mediæval Philosophical Texts in Translation (No. 40) and includes English translations, corresponding Latin texts, an index of disputation, persons mentioned, and a bibliography. The introduction highlights Suárez’s significance within scholastic philosophy and his influence on later thinkers.

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Introduction

English Translations

Suárez's Plan for His Metapbysical Disputations

The Preface to the Second Metaphysical Disputation

The Most Ample Index

The First Book of the Metaphysics

The Second Book of the Metaphysics

The Third Book of the Metaphysics

The Fourth Book of the Metaphysics

The Fifth Book of the Metaphysics

The Sixth Book of the Metaphysics

The Seventh Book of the Metaphysics

The Eighth Book of the Metaphysics

The Ninth Book of the Metaphysics

The Tenth Book of the Metaphysics

The Eleventh Book of the Metaphysics

The Twelfth Book of the Metaphysics

An Index of Disputation

Corresponding Latin Texts

Ad lectorem

Disputatio II: Prooemium

Index Locupletissimus

Index Disputationum

Persons Mentioned in the Index

Bibliography

FranciscoSuárez A Commentary on Aristotle'sMetaphysics (Index locupletisimus in Metapbysicam Arostotelis)Translated from the Latinwith an Introduction and NotesJohn P.DoyleMARQUETTE UNIVERSITY PRESS Francisco Suárez # A COMMENTARY ON ARISTOTLE'S METAPHYSICSOR “AMOST AMPLE INDEXTO THE METAPHYSICSOF ARISTOTLE” (INDEXLOCUPLETISSIMUSIN METAPHYSICAM ARISTOTELIS) # Mediæval Philosophical Texts in Translation No.40Roland J.Teske,S.J.,Editor Editorial BoardLee C.RiceMary F.RousseauJohn L.Treloar,S.J.Wanda Zemler-Cizewski Francisco Suárez # A COMMENTARY ON ARISTOTLE'S METAPHYSICSOR “AMOST AMPLE INDEX TO THEMETAPHYSICS OF ARISTOTLE" (INDEX LOCUPLETISSIMUSINMETAPHYSICAM ARISTOTELIS) Translated with an Introduction and Notesby John P.DoyleSaint Louis University # Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Suárez,Francisco,1548-1617. [Index locupletissimus in Metaphysicam Aristotelis.English] A commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics:a most ample index to Themetaphysics of Aristotle /Francisco Suárez;translated with an intro-duction and notes by John P.Doyle p.cm.—(Mediaeval philosophical texts in translation;no 40)Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN0-87462-243-3(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.Aristotle.Metaphysics.2.Metaphysics.I.Doyle,John P,1930-II.Title.III.Series. B434.S83132004 110--dc22 2004006434 All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America2004 Marquette University PressReprinted 2014 Association of AmericanUniversity Prosses MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY PRESSMILWAUK断E The Aswociation of Jesait Univerity Presses Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7 English Translations: I. Suárez's Plan for His Metapbysical Disputations……………………………20 I. The Preface to the Second Metaphysical Disputation………………23 II. The Most Ample Index: A. The First Book of the Metaphysics………………………………………………………25 B.The Second Book of the Metaphysic… …………………………………………38 C.The Third Book of the MetaphysicC… …………………………………53 D.The Fourth Book of the Metaphysics . …………………………………68 E.The Fifth Book of the Metaphysics…… ……………………………79 F.The Sixth Book of the Metaphysics… ………………………………108 G The Seventh Book of the Metaphysics… ………………………………118 H The Eighth Book of the Metapbysics…………………………………………153 I. The Ninth Book of the Metaphysics… ………………………………………………165 J. The Tenth Book ofthe Metaphysics………………………………………………186 K.The Eleventh Book of the Metaphysics………………………………………203 L.The Twelfth Book ofthe Metaphysics ……………………………………………207 IV. An Index of Disputation. ……………………………………………………………24 Corresponding Latin texts: ……………………………………………248 I.Ad lectorem………………………………………………………… …………………………………………250 II. Disputatio II:Prooemium………………… ……………………………………………252 II.Index Locupletissimus………… ……………………………………………390 IV. Index Disputationum…………… Persons Mentioned in the Index……………… …………………………………………………410 ……………………………………………413 Bibliography………………………………………… To Mary Gale My dear wife for the last forty-one years,to our seven children,to their spouses,and to our grandchildren,with love andgratitude for all that you are and for allthat you have given me # INTRODUCTION Francisco Suárez(1548-1617),Scholasticism's“Outstanding Doctor”(Doctor eximius),'was arguably the greatest Jesuit philosopher-theologianofall time.A case for this could be made from theviewpoint ofhis thoughtand also of what a German might call its Wirkungsgeschichte,its infuenceon later thinkers.²As regards his thought and its place in Scholasticism,my late friend and colleague at St.Louis University,Vernon Bourke,putthings well when he very astutely wrote: If we think ofThomism,Scotism,and Ockhamism as the three pointsof a triangle,then we may picture Suarezianism as a type of thoughtwhich falls within this triangle,on some questions moving closer to onepoint,on others approaching a different point.To some readers it lookslike eclecticism but Suarezian

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The volume focuses on Francisco Suárez’s commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics, including an extensive “most ample index” and related materials.

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The translation is by John P. Doyle, with the book presented as part of the series Mediæval Philosophical Texts in Translation (No. 40).

What materials does the book include beyond the commentary?

It includes an introduction and notes, English translations, corresponding Latin texts, an index of disputation, an index of persons mentioned, and a bibliography.

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