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On the chronology of Boethius' works on logic I

On the chronology of Boethius' works on logic I On the chronology of Boethius' works on logic I L. M. DE RIJK A. Introduction HE chronological order of Boethius' works appears to be a rather difficult problem. Hence, it is not surprising that the numerous at- tempts to establish it led the scholars to results which are neither all conclusive nor uniform. In this article I confine myself to Boethius' works on logic. Before giving my own contribution it would seem to be useful to summarize the results of preceding studies and to make some general remarks of a methodological nature. HERMANN USENER tried to base the chronology of Boethius' works upon the titles given to the author in the manuscript subscriptions.! 1 But this method turns out to be wholly unreliable2. As a matter of fact, if manuscript subscriptions, generally speaking, were conclusive, we must assume that Thomas Aquinas (tI274-) wrote all his works some fifty years after his death (viz. after t323, the year of his canonisation), since we find in nearly all our manuscripts dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries subscriptions where the author is called beatus Thomas. For the rest, Usener himself felt this difficulty and he recommend- ed his method especially http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vivarium Brill

On the chronology of Boethius' works on logic I

Vivarium , Volume 2 (1): 1 – Jan 1, 1964

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Brill
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© 1964 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0042-7543
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1568-5349
DOI
10.1163/156853464X00017
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On the chronology of Boethius' works on logic I L. M. DE RIJK A. Introduction HE chronological order of Boethius' works appears to be a rather difficult problem. Hence, it is not surprising that the numerous at- tempts to establish it led the scholars to results which are neither all conclusive nor uniform. In this article I confine myself to Boethius' works on logic. Before giving my own contribution it would seem to be useful to summarize the results of preceding studies and to make some general remarks of a methodological nature. HERMANN USENER tried to base the chronology of Boethius' works upon the titles given to the author in the manuscript subscriptions.! 1 But this method turns out to be wholly unreliable2. As a matter of fact, if manuscript subscriptions, generally speaking, were conclusive, we must assume that Thomas Aquinas (tI274-) wrote all his works some fifty years after his death (viz. after t323, the year of his canonisation), since we find in nearly all our manuscripts dating from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries subscriptions where the author is called beatus Thomas. For the rest, Usener himself felt this difficulty and he recommend- ed his method especially

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Published: Jan 1, 1964

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