Peter of Spain’s Handling of Authorities in his Commentary on the Isagoge of Johannitius
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De Asúa, MiguelEditorial
Universidad de Granada
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2000Referencia bibliográfica
Asúa, Miguel de. «Peter of Spain’s handling of authorities in his commentary on the isagoge of johannitius». Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam, 2000, Vol. 20, p. 107-133, https://raco.cat/index.php/Dynamis/article/view/86630.
Abstract
The dicta from medical and philosophical authorities appearing in commentaries
on the Isagoge of Johannitius may be classified according to the different roles they play
in the exposition of the text. This paper establishes that the opinions of the philosophical
and medico-philosophical authorities were used more frequently as the constituent
elements of inferences, whereas the dicta of purely medical authorities were quoted
straightforwardly as sententiae. An exception to this is Peter of Spain who does not follow
any hierarchical organization of authorities; instead, he freely quotes Aristotle in opposition
to the physicians as well as in support of them. These observations are explained with
specific reference to Peter’s ideas on the relationship between medicine and philosophy.