In the first part of De Generibus the focus is on the distinction between different ways of understanding essential and non-essential parts. The removal of non-essential parts does not involve the destruction of the whole. According to the author’s master, in order to determine whether a part is essential or not, one must see if its removal involves an alteration of the whole essence. In the treatise on universals, species and genera are considered collections of essences whose parts/ elements are not sensitive to accidental changes in their bearer. Both in the case of quantities and in the case of universals, a totality turns out to be the sum of essential parts assembled according to a certain project of construction
Somes notes on the sources and content of De generibus / Pinzani, Roberto. - STAMPA. - (2020), pp. 179-192. (Intervento presentato al convegno Mereology in Medieval Logic and Metaphysics Proceedings of the 21st European Symposium of Medieval Logic and Semantics tenutosi a Pisa nel 30 June - 5 July 2016).
Somes notes on the sources and content of De generibus
Roberto Pinzani
2020-01-01
Abstract
In the first part of De Generibus the focus is on the distinction between different ways of understanding essential and non-essential parts. The removal of non-essential parts does not involve the destruction of the whole. According to the author’s master, in order to determine whether a part is essential or not, one must see if its removal involves an alteration of the whole essence. In the treatise on universals, species and genera are considered collections of essences whose parts/ elements are not sensitive to accidental changes in their bearer. Both in the case of quantities and in the case of universals, a totality turns out to be the sum of essential parts assembled according to a certain project of constructionI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
