Quodlibeta
In the scholastic philosophy of the Middle Ages , Quodlibet ( Latin for "what is popular" ) describes a treatise on a theological or philosophical topic that is presented as a formal argument. The plural Quodlibeta denotes a collection of such works as for example the Quodlibeta Septem by Wilhelm von Ockham .
Such a treatise can have mixed contents, which mostly consisted of questions and answers in the manner of the catechism (quaestiones et responsiones quodlibeticae). Authors and interpreters of such writings ( Heinrich von Gent , Hervaeus Natalis , Gottfried von Fontaines , Franciscus de Mayronis, etc.) were sometimes called Quodlibetarians .