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‘Vocales,’ or Early Nominalists

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In Section 1 of the present essay I present evidence that in the early twelfth-century nominalists were called vocales, a name that only later was replaced by nominales. In Section 2 I argue that ‘vocalism' arose about 1080, one generation of scholars before Roscelin. Since Garlandus' vocalistic Dialectica could be thought to provide evidence of an even earlier origin of the theory, Section 3 will deal with the date of this work, which has wrongly been assigned to the mid-eleventh century or earlier. Sections 4–6 will present a number of unpublished texts by vocalist authors, and the Appendix will supply editions of vocalist texts commenting on or otherwise discussing Porphyry's Isagoge.

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1 Reiners, J., Der Nominalismus in der Frühscholastik: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Universalienfrage im Mittelalter—nebst einer neuen Textausgabe des Briefes Roscelins an Abaelard (Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie des Mittelatters [henceforth BGPMA] 8.5; Münster in Westfalen 1910) 1012.Google Scholar

I am indebted to Dijs J., Ebbesen S., Mews C., and Rosier I., all of whom read an earlier draft and gave me invaluable comments, and to Ebbesen S. and Lohr C. H., for their help with questions of style. I would also like to express my sincere thanks to Gasparri F. (C.N.R.S., Paris) for her help in palaeographical and codicological matters (see Section 3), to Luscombe D. for sending me a copy of his unpublished dissertation (see Section 5), and to Schemmel B., Director of the Staatsbibliothek in Bamberg, for his generosity when I visited the library in 1986.

2 Ottaviano, C., ‘Un opuscolo inedito di Abelardo,Fontes Ambrosiani III (Florence 1933) 95207. A better edition is needed. For the present, one must consult passages published in Geyer, B., Peter Abaelards Philosophische Schriften I-IV (BGPMA 21. 1–4; Münster i. W. 1919–1933) 581–88, and in Mews, C., ‘A Neglected Gloss on the “Isagoge” by Peter Abelard,’ Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie 31 (1984) 35–55. See also n. 72 below.Google Scholar

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5 The term status is first introduced into the discussion of universals in Abelard's Logica ‘Ingredientibus’ as his own terminology (see the index of Geyer, Philosophische Schriften). But shortly thereafter a group of realists also adopts the term. Our commentary says, for example, on fol. 123vb = 125va: ‘Ut homo Socratis et homo Platonis, cum essentialiter differant, tamen materiae et formae eorum consimiles effectus operantur; asinus vero et lapis diversae species et in essentia et secundum indifferentiam sunt, cum dissimiles status habeant et effectus dissimiles exigant. Status autem appello vel res ex materia et form is constitutas vel passiones, id est constitutiones quae in rebus sunt constitutis vel partes quae ipsas res constituunt.’ Further evidence of a realist status theory is provided by another text, published by Haur, B.éau, in Notices et extraits de quelques manuscrits latins de la Bibliothèque Nationale V (Paris 1892) 298325. A critical edition of the latter text is being prepared by Dijs, J. and will appear in Vivarium. Google Scholar

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32 For example, the commentary states on fol. 123ra = 125ra: ‘Item opponitur quod incongrue tractat Porphyrius de rebus, cum Aristoteles agat de vocibus. Quod sic solvitur…. Vel potest dici quod hic agitur principaliter de vocibus sicut in Categoriis, nec tamen est concedendum voces solas esse genera et species.’ And again, on fol. 123vb = 125va, the commentary begins to discuss realist theories on universals with these words: ‘Alii autem aliter de universalium natura confirmant, quibus res principaliter videntur esse genera et species et cetera universalia de pluribus praedicabilia, voces autem genera et species et cetera secundario gratia rerum esse dicunt.’Google Scholar

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49 Porphyry does make an analogy between genus/difference and materia/forma, but never identifies them simply (Isagoge, ed. Minio-Paluello 18.9–15). The simple identification must stem from Boethius’ De divisione (PL 64.879C12–15): ‘Amplius quoque genus speciebus materia est. Nam sicut aes accepta forma transit in statuam, ita genus accepta differentia transit in speciem.’Google Scholar

50 The relevant passage is ‘speciem nihil aliud esse quam genus informatum, et individuum nihil aliud esse quam speciem informatum,’ which is printed in Cousin, V., Ouvrages inédits d'Abélard (Paris 1836) lxxix n. 1.Google Scholar

51 Dialectica, ed. de Rijk 79.21–29: ‘Similiter quando dico “Homerus est poeta” et in similibus, scilicet ubi accidens praedicatur cum “est” copula, “est” accipitur ibi copula secundum accidens, quia ergo “est” et “poeta” praedicantur de Homero. Praedicabitur etiam inde “est” simpliciter? Non. Nam “est” praedicatur de Homero sequendo hanc vocem quae est accidens ad se designandum, de, i.e. Homero praedicabitur “est” adiacenter, quod bene apparet per hanc vocem quae est “poeta” inhaerentem ei “Homero” per ipsum “est” copulam, et ideo non potest inde praedicari simpliciter….’Google Scholar

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70 Minio, L.-Paluello, Abaelardiana inedita (Roma 1958) xli–xlvi (the description) and 109–21 (the edition). For the MS, see also Lohr, C. H., ‘Aristotelica Gallica: Bibliothecae M-Z,’ Theologie und Philosophie 63 (1988) 79–121 at 87–89.Google Scholar

71 The LI is edited in Geyer, Philosophische Schriften I (n. 2 above), which should be supplemented by Minio-Paluello, Abaelardiana inedita 3–108, and Dal Pra, Scritti di Logica (n. 62 above) 205–330; the Theologia in Ostlender, H. (ed.), Peter Abaelards Theologia ‘Summi boni’ zum ersten Male vollständig herausgegeben (BGPMA 35.2/3; Münster im Westfalen 1939); the Glossae in Ottaviano, C., Fontes Ambrosiani V (but see n. 2 above); and the LNPS in Geyer, Philosophische Schriften II.Google Scholar

72 Compare Glossae, ed. Ottaviano 147.8–148.3 with LPSN, ed. Geyer 534.6–31; 148.21–30 with 534.32–535.5; 149.1–7 with 535.19–26; 149.19–26 with 535.40–536.6; 150.15–22 with 536.11–17; and 150.23–29 with 536.40–537.6. Ottaviano's edition of Glossae is very inaccurate. I enumerate here some serious misreadings and necessary emendations of Tr. IV, cap. II (pp. 147–51): 147.8 differentiis; species predicatur] differentiis specie, praedicatur 14 predicari; predicari enim] predicari, i.e. (enim MS) 19 dictorum dictione] dictioni dictio 148.3 Hic socrates] hoc ?corpus fuit〈 Socrates 6 quoddam] quo?s〈dam 21 secum] sic MS, sed legendum Socratem 27 habent] habet necessarium] necesse 29 Persona hec est] perso?naliter〈, hoc est 30 significata] res subiecti predicata] ?res〈 predicati 149.10 quia] quod 150.1 differentibus〈〈; scilicet] differentibus specie〈〈 8 Que] quod 9 genus] sic MS, sed que legendum 15 hec] hoc 22 quisque quod] ‘quis’ ‘que’ ‘quod’ 22 deprehendit] de persona (p MS) 151.1–2 hec prolatio … tamen vera est … falsa] haec prolatio ‘ “leo” predicatur de pluribus’ tantum (tamen MS) verum est, non etiam falsum. 8 significatus] significativum 12 pluribus] add. leo est species 17 Velut] vere ( MS).Google Scholar

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79 Namely, between commentaries numbered ‘Β.1’ and ‘B.7a’ in his list. See his comments to B.7a in Tradition 422. The commentary B. 1, which is (7) in our Munich manuscript, being written by a vocalist, as I shall soon show, B.7a might be another vocalist text related to our present concern.Google Scholar

80 The most recent collection and discussions of such testimonies is found in E.-H. Kluge, W., ‘Roscelin and the Medieval Problem of Universals,Journal of the History of Philosophy 14 (1976) 405–14. And one should still consult Picavet, F., Roscelin, philosophe et théologien d'après la légende et d'après l'histoire (Paris 1911).Google Scholar

81 Three times to Ma?gister〈 Gos?linus〈 (fol. 178ra, 178va, 179rb), once to Ma?gister〈 (da.[?] MS) Wal. (fol. 178va), once to Ma?gister〈 W., and once to Ma?gister〈 Ulg. (fol. 179rb).Google Scholar

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86 Hunt, ‘Studies on Priscian’ (n. 52 above) 13 and 31.Google Scholar

87 Grabmann, , Bearbeitungen und Auslegungen 25. He wrongly locates his two quotations as ‘fol. 67r’; the actual location is fol. 67v.Google Scholar

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89 As I have discussed in Section 3 above, (7) contains an enigmatic reference to Aristotle's Analytics. Several references to the Analytics of Aristotle and Boethius (!) are also found in (11), fol. 30: ‘Eius (= Boethii) autem intentio est introducere lectorem per has faciliores praeceptiones in sua (!) secunda Analytica (sic MS) sive in Aristotelis Analytica. … Haec vox quae est intentio idem hic significat quod haec alia vox quae est tractatus, omnia videlicet praecepta quae in hoc volumine comprehenduntur, utpote in secunda Analytica tendentia,’ ‘ “Liber” vero idcirco hic dicitur quoniam praecepta in eo entia librat, cum sua materia in Analytica in quae intendunt,’ and on fol. 30v: ‘ego (= Boethius) statui …, proposui, i.e. dare praecepta meis posteris quae quasi quidam pons eos ad difficultiora Analyticorum secundorum sive Aristotelis praecepta ducerent…. ego statui linquere multa praecepta posteris meis per quae quasi quodam ponte possint venire in res obscurissimas, in, i.e. cognitionum praeceptorumque nimis obscura sunt ab Aristotele data in suis Analyticis sive quae a me sunt clara in meis (= Boethii!) secundis Analyticis.’ A reference to Boethius’ Analytics is also found in a treatise found in MS Vienna, VPL 2459, fol. 105va–b: ‘Item. Color disgregativum visus est definitio (differentia MS) albedinis, color congregativus /105vb/ visus est definitio (divisio MS) nigredinis, ut ait Boethius in Analyticis.’ Is this an incorrect reference to Aristotle's Topics I (107B29) or VII (153A38)? O: MS Orléans, Bibl. Com. 266 (261), pp. 267a–278b Google Scholar

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14 praedicatum] dīcat OGoogle Scholar

15 naturis] post correct., naturas ante correct. OGoogle Scholar

16 lilio] scripsi, lilium OGoogle Scholar

17 ubinam?Google Scholar

18 praedicatum] OGoogle Scholar

19 potius] supra lineam add. d’ē OGoogle Scholar

20 rem] add. et exp. pre OGoogle Scholar

21 de contento] scripsi, continenti OGoogle Scholar

22 animal] add. et exp. est OGoogle Scholar

23 Cat. 5, 3A36–37Google Scholar

24 substantiae] sub't'e OGoogle Scholar

25 praedicari] scripsi, praedicatum OGoogle Scholar

26 quod vi substantivi] scripsi, Qui subiectum OGoogle Scholar

27 hoc] scripsi, haec OGoogle Scholar

28 op(positio) in marg. add. OGoogle Scholar

29 et] scripsi, in OGoogle Scholar

30 apponi] add. et exp. potest OGoogle Scholar

31 quasi subici] scripsi, que si (ut videtur) subiectum OGoogle Scholar

32 altero] scripsi, aliquo OGoogle Scholar

33 op(positio)] add. in marg. OGoogle Scholar

34 quia] add. et exp. si OGoogle Scholar

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36 op(positio)] in marg. add. OGoogle Scholar

37 vide Inst. Gram. 17.44, ed. Keil, H. 135.1–6Google Scholar

38 quidem] q quod solet solvi quod OGoogle Scholar

39 significationum] sig'anū OGoogle Scholar

40 individualis faciat et invertanda indicavit OGoogle Scholar

41 Papae] pappe OGoogle Scholar

42 nominativi] scripsi, nominativus OGoogle Scholar

43 obliqui] scripsi, obliquus OGoogle Scholar

44 op(positio) add. in marg. OGoogle Scholar

45 Cat. 5, 4A10–110Google Scholar

46 Si] add. et exp. diceretur OGoogle Scholar

47 verum] ùūm OGoogle Scholar

48 coniunctim] cōtī OGoogle Scholar

49 autem] scripsi, ut vel vero OGoogle Scholar

50 tantum OGoogle Scholar

51 sine] si OGoogle Scholar

52 oppositio add. in marg. OGoogle Scholar

53 differunt] scripsi, differre OGoogle Scholar

54 homine] scripsi, homo ibi OGoogle Scholar

55 eandem] eundem ante correct. OGoogle Scholar

56 oppositio add. in marg. OGoogle Scholar

57 appositus] scripsi, oppositus OGoogle Scholar

58 si] sic ante correct. OGoogle Scholar

59 hoc] scripsi, homo OGoogle Scholar

60 Quicquid] scripsi, Q q ante correct. OGoogle Scholar

61 componitur] add. et exp. fit OGoogle Scholar

62 consequentia] lectio incerta, ɔsqā OGoogle Scholar

63 videlicet] uidl’ OGoogle Scholar

64 vide De Div., PL 64.888A10–14Google Scholar

65 manum] magnum ante correct. OGoogle Scholar

66 manus] sed partem man. add. et exp., et carnis supra man. scripsit OGoogle Scholar

67 eum] esse add. et exp. OGoogle Scholar

68 esset] esset ante correct. et esse post correct. OGoogle Scholar

69 vide De Div., PL 64.879D12–880A2Google Scholar

70 in] i. OGoogle Scholar

71 fuisse] funsse (!) OGoogle Scholar

72 esse] scripsi, omne OGoogle Scholar

73 calumnia] lectio incerta, columpnia OGoogle Scholar

74 haberetur] habentur OGoogle Scholar

75 animis] scripsi, animalibus OGoogle Scholar

76 par] pars ante correct. OGoogle Scholar

77 per praedicationem] inverti, praedicationem per OGoogle Scholar

78 in quomodo se habet] iquit(!pro in quid) ante correct. OGoogle Scholar

79 nomine] n& OGoogle Scholar

80 pronomine] pn& OGoogle Scholar

81 vel] pl add. et exp. OGoogle Scholar

82 vocabula] uocll'a OGoogle Scholar