Francis of Marchia
Franz von Marchia (also Franciscus de Marchia , Francesco della Marca and many other spellings) (* between 1285 and 1290 in Appignano ; † around 1344) was a philosopher , theologian and member of the Franciscan order .
Life
Francis of Marchia was born in Appignano , Italy , between 1285 and 1290 . As a member of the Franciscan Order, he became a teacher at the University of Paris and held his sentence lecture there during the lecture period in 1319/1320 . From Paris he went to Avignon in 1324 as a lecturer. In the negotiation of the so-called poverty dispute , he stood at the side of his then general, Michael von Cesena , who was led by Pope John XXII. eventually was accused of heresy. On May 26, 1328 he fled Avignon together with Michael, Bonagratia von Bergamo and Wilhelm von Ockham and went via Pisa to Munich to the court of Ludwig IV , who was a sharp opponent of the Pope. From there he continued to fight against the Pope and for his order in his writings. In 1341 he finally fell into the hands of the Inquisition and a trial was opened against him. As a result, he recanted his errors and died soon after 1344.
He also developed a forerunner of the impetus theory , which Johannes Buridan developed a few decades later . The question is why a thrown projectile maintains its movement after it has been released. According to the impetus theory, a force was transmitted, which Franz von Marchia also represented (although with him it was only temporarily in the projectile).
Works
selection
- Improbatio contra libellum Domini Johannis qui incipit Quia vir reprobus
- Quodlibet cum quaestionibus selectis ex commentario in librum Sententiarum
- Sententia et compilatio super libros Physicorum Aristotelis
- Quaestiones praeambulae et Prologus
- Distinctiones primi libri prima ad decimam
- Quaestiones super metaphysicam
literature
- Schabel, Christopher, Francis of Marchia , The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = < http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2008/entries/francis-marchia / >
- Friedman, RL, C. Schabel: Francis of Marchia, Theologian and Philosopher. A Franciscan at the University of Paris in the Early Fourteenth Century (Leiden-Boston 2006) (= Vivarium 44.1 [2006]), Introduction, 1-20
- Paolo Vian: FRANCESCO della Marca (Francesco d'Ascoli, Franciscus de Esculo, Franciscus Pignano). In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 49: Forino – Francesco da Serino. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1997.
Individual references / footnotes
- ^ Theo Kobusch : History of Philosophy: The Philosophy of the High and Late Middle Ages , Vol. 5. Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-31269-4 ; Section " Franz von Marchia " on p. 410 ff.
- ^ Based on the major critical edition by N. Mariani, Grottaferrata, 1993–2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Francis of Marchia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Franciscus de Marchia; Francesco della Marca |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian philosopher, theologian and member of the Franciscan Order |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1285 and 1290 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Appignano |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1344 |