William of Ware on the Sentences

Teaching Philosophy and Theology in the 13th Century between Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus

Ernesto Dezza, Antonio Petagine (eds)

Pages: xxvi + 618 p.
Size:156 x 234 mm
Illustrations:2 col.

Language(s):English, Italian, French
Publication Year:2025

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The first volume dedicated exclusively to the teaching and writings of a hitherto neglected figure in the history of philosophy and theology.

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« Notre connaissance des débats théologiques et philosophiques à la fin du XIIIe et au début du XIVe siècle peut d’ores et déjà tirer un avantage important des textes et études ici publiés. On peut seulement redouter que cette publication majeure passe inaperçue pour de nombreux historiens, du fait que son titre ne laisse pas imaginer, à celui qui n’en prend pas directement connaissance, la somme de textes édités que ce volume contient sur les sujets les plus divers. Les historiens qui travaillent sur Duns Scot, Pierre Auriol ou Henry de Harclay n’auront pas nécessairement l’idée d’aller y chercher les points de discussion qui sont pourtant historiquement importants – raison de plus pour que cette monographie, d’une très grande qualité scientifique, soit tout particulièrement signalée. » (Dominique Demange, dans Archives de philosophie, 89/3, 2026, p. 238)

"(...) tra i pregi della pubblicazione in questione vi è quello di offrire un saggio di tematiche, filosofiche e teologiche, sviluppate da Guglielmo di Ware, stilando – al contempo – un bilancio dei principali studi riguardanti il Doctor Fundatus; lungi da pretese di esaustività, il volume costituisce pertanto un ottimo punto di partenza per quanti desiderino dedicarsi allo studio analitico e rigoroso del pensiero del maestro francescano..." (Giammarco Fiore, in Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, 2026, p. 387)

BIO

Ernesto Dezza: Associate Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome. He is the author of numerous articles and essays on Franciscan masters, particularly John Duns Scotus. He has published volumes on Duns Scotus’s doctrine on creation and his modal theory, as well as, together with Nannini and Riserbato, the Italian translation of Ord. I, 35-36, Lect. I, 36-36, and Lect. I, 39.

Antonio Petagine: Assistant Professor of History of Philosophy at the Department of Education at Roma Tre University, in Rome. He is the author of books and articles dealing with the philosophical thought of Thirteenth and Fourteenth-Century masters, such as Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus. His monographs include: Matière, corps, esprit. La notion de sujet dans la philosophie de Thomas d’Aquin (Paris-Fribourg 2014); Il fondamento positivo del mondo. Indagini francescane sulla materia all’inizio del XIV secolo (Roma 2019).

Summary

The Franciscan William of Ware – the Magister Scoti – flourished as a theologian at the end of the thirteenth century. Although he wielded significant influence on fourteenth-century theological and philosophical debates, his thought remains little known and even less studied than it deserves. A major cause for this situation lies in the difficulty of accessing the text of his Questions on the Four Books of the Sentences, which is largely unedited.　

This volume is the first entirely devoted to William of Ware. It aims to promote a renewed knowledge of his texts and doctrines. The book includes updated information on studies and editions of Ware's texts, and specific studies on crucial aspects of his doctrines, such as theology, metaphysics, physics, epistemology, Christology, and anthropology. Additionally, the volume presents previously unpublished questions from his Commentary on the Sentences.

Overall, the volume serves as an essential reference for the thought and texts of William of Ware and provides a new and illuminating perspective on scholastic culture during the turn from the thirteenth to the fourteenth century.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Ernesto Dezza and Antonio Petagine, Introduction

Costante Marabelli, William of Ware's Quaestiones in quatuor libros Sententiarum

William Short, William of Ware in the Quaracchi Archives

Costante Marabelli, William of Ware: His Life, Works, and the Manuscript Tradition of His Commentary on the Sentences

Andrea Nannini, Guglielmo di Ware sulla distinzione degli attributi divini. Tra «sensibilità» teoretica e neoplatonismo
Appendix: Guilelmus de Wara, Sent., q. 16 (I, d. 2, q. 3), edited by Garrett R. Smith

Russell L. Friedman, William of Ware on the Soul and its Powers
Appendix: Guilelmus de Wara, Sent., q. 25 (I, d. 3, q. 7), edited by Russel L. Friedman

Garrett R. Smith, William of Ware on Divine Simplicity
Appendix: Guilelmus de Wara, Sent., q. 48 (I, d. 8, q. 4), edited by Garrett R. Smith

William Duba, Wouter Goris, Chris Schabel, and Garrett R. Smith, William of Ware on Divine Knowledge, Eternity, and the Plurality of Worlds
Appendix:
Guilelmus de Wara, Sent., q. 108 (II, q. 7) edited by William Duba
Guilelmus de Wara, Sent., q. 109 (II, q. 8) edited by William Duba
Guilelmus de Wara, Sent., q. 100 (I, d. 35) edited by William Duba
Guilelmus de Wara, Sent., q. 101 (I, d. 36) edited by Garrett R. Smith

Anik Sienkiewicz-Pepin, Configuration de l'espace et mouvement des substances séparées selon Guillaume de Ware et Jean Duns Scot

Alessandro de Pascalis, William of Ware on Prime Matter as a Positive Being
Appendix: Guilelmus de Wara, In Sent., q. 151 (II, d. 12, q. 4) edited by Alessandro de Pascalis

Witold Grzegorz Salamon, OFM, La teoria della conoscenza di Guglielmo di Ware
Appendix: Guilelmus de Wara, In Sent., q. 2 (Prologus, q. 2) edited by Zeffirino Lazzeri-Witold G. Salamon
Guilelmus de Wara, In Sent., q. 20 (I, d. 2, q. 7) edited by Zeffirino Lazzeri (revised by Witold G. Salamon)
Guilelmus de Wara, In Sent., q. 28 (I, d. 3, q. 4) edited by Zeffirino Lazzeri (revised by Witold G. Salamon)
Guilelmus de Wara, In Sent., q. 84 (I, d. 27, q. 2) edited by Zeffirino Lazzeri (revised by Witold G. Salamon)
Guilelmus de Wara, In Sent., q. 129 (II, d. 3, pars 2, q. 3) edited by Zeffirino Lazzeri (revised by Witold G. Salamon)
Guilelmus de Wara, In Sent., q. 210 (IV, q. 19) edited by Witold G. Salamon
Guilelmus de Wara, In Sent., q. 211 (IV, q. 20) edited by Witold G. Salamon
Guilelmus de Wara, In Sent., q. 212 (IV, q. 21) edited by Witold G. Salamon

Davide Riserbato, Guglielmo di Ware e lo statuto ontologico degli accidenti (Sent., IV, q. 22)

Francesco Fiorentino, The Immaculate Conception and Incarnation according to William of Ware

Ernesto Dezza, OFM, Naturally Mortal? A Question about the Human Body of Christ in Ware and Scotus
Appendix: Guilelmus de Wara, Sent., q. 187 (III, q. 33) edited by Barnaba Hechich (revised by Ernesto Dezza)

Antonio Petagine, Being numerically one and the same again. The Challenge of Identity in William of Ware's Account of Resurrection
Appendix: Working edition of William of Ware, In Sent., Quaestio 224 (IV, q. 33) edited by Antonio Petagine

Monica Brinzei, The Portraits of William of Ware

Bibliography

Index of Manuscripts

Index of Names