William (of Ockham)'s Books

Against the background of changing assessments of Nominalism and its meanings before Ockham, this book examines the reception of Ockhama (TM)s thought at Oxford and Paris, the crisis over Ockhamism at Paris around 1340, and the legacy of Ockhamist thought into the sixteenth century.

William of Ockham (c. 1285-c. 1347) was the most eminent and influential theologian and philosopher of his day, a giant in the history of political thought. He was a Franciscan friar who came to believe that the Avignonese papacy of John XXII had set out to destroy the religious ideal on which the Franciscan order was based: the complete poverty of Christ and the apostles. This is the first complete text by Ockham to be published in English. The Short Discourse is a passionate but compelling statement of Ockham's position on the most fundamental political problem of the medieval period: the relationship of supreme spiritual authority, as represented by the pope, to the autonomous secular authority claimed by the medieval empire and the emerging nation-states of Europe. Professor McGrade's introduction, and the notes on the translation make the volume wholly accessible to a modern readership, while a full bibliography and chronology are included as further aids to the reader.

William of Ockham's (ca. 1288-1347) Opus nonaginta dierum has long been of interest to historians for his theory of rights. Yet the results of this interest has been uneven because most studies do not take sufficient account of the defences of Franciscan poverty already articulated by his fellow Franciscans, Bonagratia of Bergamo, Michael of Cesena, and Francis of Marchia. This book therefore presents and analyzes Ockham's account of property rights alongside those of his confreres. This contextualization of Ockham’s theory corrects many misconceptions about his theory of property, natural law, and natural rights, and therefore also provides a new foundation for studies of his political oeuvre, intellectual development, and significance as a political theorist.

The key ideas on authority of a powerful and historically important thinker.

Includes an introduction by Marilyn McCord Adams along with Notes and Appendices.

Book's by William (of Ockham)

Ockham and Ockhamism

Ockham and Ockhamism

William of Ockham: A Short Discourse on Tyrannical Government

William of Ockham: A Short Discourse on Tyrannical Government

William of Ockham's Early Theory of Property Rights in Context

William of Ockham's Early Theory of Property Rights in Context

William of Ockham: 'A Letter to the Friars Minor' and Other Writings

William of Ockham: 'A Letter to the Friars Minor' and Other Writings

Predestination, God's Foreknowledge, and Future Contingents

Predestination, God's Foreknowledge, and Future Contingents

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