On the Prudentia in the First Commentaries to the Ethica Vetus. The Lectura Abrincensis in Ethicam Veterem (ca. 1230)

  • Violeta Cervera Novo Université Laval, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Keywords: 13th century, Critical edition, Prudentia, Aristotle, Reception

Abstract

This paper focuses on the way in which the first commentators of the Ethica vetus (Books II and III of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics) understood the notion of prudentia. In order to do this, this work analyses one particular case: the anonymous Lectura Abrincensis in Ethicam veterem (ca. 1230), whose understanding of prudentia is closely related to Phillip the Chancellor’s Summa de bono (ca. 1228). The Appendix offers a critical edition of an excerpt of the Lectura Abrincensis.

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Published
2016-12-09
How to Cite
Cervera Novo, V. (2016). On the Prudentia in the First Commentaries to the Ethica Vetus. The Lectura Abrincensis in Ethicam Veterem (ca. 1230). Patristica Et Mediævalia, 37, 15-35. Retrieved from http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/petm/article/view/7733
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Vol 37 (2016)
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