William of Auvergne

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Opera omnia , 1674

Wilhelm von Auvergne , lat. Guillelmus Alverniensis , French. Guillaume d'Auvergne , (* around 1180 in Aurillac , † March 30, 1249 in Paris ) was a scholastic philosopher and theologian.

Wilhelm von Auvergne studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and, after successfully completing his degree, was entrusted with a teaching position in theology there. In 1228 Wilhelm von Auvergne was ordained Bishop of Paris and as such was an advisor to the young King Louis IX. , from whom he took the crusade vow in 1244 on his sick bed.

He was one of the first recipients of the complete Aristotelian works and attempted a "synthesis of Neoplatonic-Augustinian-oriented theology and Aristotelian science." In his anti-rationalism he prepared the later Augustinism .

In his writings "De universo", "De anima", "De animae immortalitate" and "De veritate" he adheres to Aristotle , the Arabs and Hermes Trismegistus . In the latter texts he distinguishes a sixfold truth in that the same

  1. the matter itself,
  2. the opposite of appearances,
  3. the unmixedness,
  4. the being
  5. the essence of God,
  6. denotes the lack of contradiction in terms and judgments.

He also denied the eternity of the world and sought to demonstrate the difference between the human soul and the body, including its simplicity and immortality.

The writing "De anima" is considered to be the first scholastic writing to problematize epistemological questions. Meister Eckhart later took up the non-Aristotelian philosophy of spirit .

Works

  • A catalog raisonné with editions and translations by Rolf Schönberger et al. (Ed.), Repertory of edited texts from the Middle Ages from the field of philosophy and related areas, 4 vol. E, Berlin 2011, pp. 1642–1647.
  • Opera Omnia by F. Hotot, Paris-Orléans-Paris 1674, 2 volumes (reprinted by Edition Minerva, Frankfurt / M. 1963)
  • Digital copies of the BSB Munich
  • De immortalitate animae , in: Georg Bülow, ed .: Des Dominicus Gundissalinus Writing on the immortality of the soul together with an appendix, containing the treatise of Wilhelm von Paris (Auvergne) De immortalitate animae , in: Contributions to the history of the philosophy of the Middle Ages II- 3, Münster 1897, digitized at archive.org
  • Postilla super epistolas et evangelia (Mora 1481) . Richard Paffraet, Deventer not before 1481 ( digitized version )
  • Rhetorica divina , Kilian Fischer, Freiburg im Breisgau before 1491, digitized version of the University and State Library Düsseldorf

literature

  • Helmut Borok: The concept of virtue of Wilhelm von Auvergne (1180-1249). A moral historical investigation into the historical reception of Aristotelian ethics. Patmos-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1979, ISBN 3-491-78444-1 .
  • Jan Rohls: Wilhelm von Auvergne and the medieval Aristotelianism. Concept of God and Aristotelian philosophy between Augustine and Thomas Aquinas . Kaiser, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-459-01280-3 .
  • Bruno Switalski (ed.): De Trinitate. William of Auvergne. Pont. Inst. Of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto 1976, ISBN 0-88844-034-0 .
  • James Reginald O'Donnell (Ed.): The De Bono et Malo of William of Auvergne, text, introduction, and brief analytical studies. Diss. Toronto 1946.
  • Thomas Pitour: Wilhelm von Auvergnes psychology. From the reception of the Aristotelian hylemorphism to the reformulation of Augustine's doctrine of Imago Dei. Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn 2010.
  • Brigitte Uhlemann: Wilhelm von Auvergne. In: Jürgen Mittelstraß (Hrsg.): Encyclopedia Philosophy and Philosophy of Science. 2nd Edition. Volume 8: Th - Z. Stuttgart, Metzler 2018, ISBN 978-3-476-02107-6 , p. 504 f. (with a detailed list of works and references)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Brigitte Uhlemann: Wilhelm von Auvergne. In: Jürgen Mittelstraß (Hrsg.): Encyclopedia Philosophy and Philosophy of Science. 2nd Edition. Volume 8: Th - Z. Metzler, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-476-02107-6 , p. 504
predecessor Office successor
Barthelemy Bishop of Paris
1228–1249 		Walter II. De Château-Thierry
personal data
SURNAME William of Auvergne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilhelm of Paris, Guillelmus Alvernus; Guillaume d'Auvergne; Guilelmus Arvernus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scholastic philosopher, bishop of Paris
DATE OF BIRTH around 1180
PLACE OF BIRTH Aurillac
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1249
Place of death Paris