Book of Causes

Albert the Great 241. His work On Causes and the Process of the Universe original: "de causis et processu uniuersitatis" 242. Content of the first book 242. The second book is a continuous reworking of our book 243. In the latter, A. perceives a reliable interpreter of the teachings of the Peripatetic school 244, and through its interpretation he believes he has, in a certain sense, brought his reworking of the Aristotelian Metaphysics to full completion 246. Time of the composition of this commentary 246. Reason and occasion 247. Closer characterization of the same: A. silently corrects individual translation errors 247. The interpretation of the word helyatin (§ 8) 247. The interpretation of the word achili or alachili (§ 4, § 11) 248. A. repeatedly allows Christian elements of truth to flow into the exposition of the doctrine of our book 250. — Other writings of A.: On the Nature and Origin of the Soul original: "De natura et origine animae" 251. Against the Errors of Averroes original: "Contra errores Auerrois" 251. Philosophy of the Poor original: "Philosophia pauperum" 253. Summa of Theology original: "Summa theologiae" 253. — Pseudo-Albert On Apprehension original: "De apprehensione" 255.

Thomas Aquinas 256. His treatise On Being and Essence original: "de ente et essentia" 257. His commentary on the Sentences of the Lombard 260. The Questions on Power original: "Quaestiones de potentia" 261. The Questions on Truth original: "Quaestiones de ueritate" 265. The Summa Against the Gentiles original: "Summa contra Gentiles" 267. The commentary on our book: Thomas knows the origin of the book 270. The stoicheiosis elements/theological initiation is before him in the translation of William of Moerbeke 271. Time of the composition of the commentary 272. Reason and occasion 272. Closer characterization of the same: The main task for the commentator is the investigation and exposition of the author's doctrine 273. The elementatio note: Latin term for the elements of theology performs important services 273. The interpretation of the word helyatin 273. Correction of erroneous conceptions of our book 274. Thomas combines a critique of the author's doctrine with the clarification of it 274. For the rest, he seeks to attribute to the book the richest possible content of truth 275. The Summa Theologica 275.

John Duns Scotus 279. His Disputed Questions on the Principle of Things original: "Quaestiones disputatae de rerum principio" 280. (His Theorems original: "Theoremata" 284.)

The Thomists Aegidius of Lessines and Bernard of Trilia 285. The former's treatise On the Unity of Form original: "de unitate formae" 286. The latter's Questions on the Cognition of the Soul Joined to the Body original: "Quaestiones de cognitione animae coniunctae corpori" 286.

Peter of Auvergne 288. A manuscript of the Imperial Court Library in Vienna contains questions on our book under the name Petrus de Aluernia and similar questions under the name Avicenna. As certain as the latter are to be designated as spurious, there should be little doubt about the authenticity of the former 289.

Approximately at the same time as Peter of Auvergne, Aegidius of Rome reworked our book 290. His commentary is available in print 290. Comparison of the same with the interpretations of Albert and Thomas 291. Aegidius knows and uses the stoicheiosis 291. Sample of the circumstantiality and verbosity of his interpretation 292.

Dante Alighieri makes use of our book in his writing On Monarchy original: "de monarchia" 294.

Echoes of our book in the writings of the German mystics; in Meister Eckhart 296, and in two unnamed ones 297.