Petrus de Alvernia. Questiones super I-VII libros Politicorum: A Critical Edition and Study

The most influential question-commentary on the Politics in the Middle Ages This volume is the first complete critical edition of Peter of Auvergne's Questiones super I-VII libros Politicorum. The Questiones was produced at the Faculty of Arts of Paris sometime between late 1291 and 1296 and is the earliest surviving commentary in question form on Aristotle's Politics. As the introduction explains, the Questiones was philosophically innovative and became the most influential question commentary on the Politics in the Middle Ages. The volume also includes a critical edition of an earlier oral report (reportatio) of Peter's teaching on Books I-II and part of III which became the basis for those sections of the Questiones. This volume is of interest to scholars of medieval philosophy and the history of political thought and is a reference point for future research on the medieval reception of Aristotle's Politics and medieval Aristotelian practical philosophy more broadly.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content). This volume is the first complete critical edition of Peter of Auvergne?s 'Questiones super I-VII libros Politicorum'. The 'Questiones' was produced at the Faculty of Arts of Paris sometime between late 1291 and 1296 and is the earliest surviving commentary in question form on Aristotle?s 'Politics'. As the introduction explains, the 'Questiones' was philosophically innovative and became the most influential question-commentary on the 'Politics' in the Middle Ages. The volume also includes a critical edition of an earlier oral report (reportatio) of Peter?s teaching on Books I-II and part of III which became the basis for those sections of the 'Questiones'.0This volume is of interest to scholars of medieval philosophy and the history of political thought and is a reference point for future research on the medieval reception of Aristotle?s 'Politics' and medieval Aristotelian practical philosophy more broadly. Cover 1 Table of Contents 8 Foreword 18 Part I – Interpretative Study 20 Introduction 22 Chapter 1: Authorship 68 Chapter 2: Date 138 Chapter 3: The Relationship between the Questiones and B, ff. 60ra-68rb 164 Chapter 4: Sources 214 Chapter 5: The Structure and Content of the Questiones and the Rationale of its Tabula Quaestionum 242 Chapter 6: Nachleben 332 Chapter 7: Introduction to the Critical Editions 342 Part II – Editions 358 Bibliography 854 Indices 884