1578 Albertus Magnus Paradisus Animae Ethics Metaphysics in MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT

1578 Albertus Magnus Paradisus Animae Ethics Metaphysics in MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT

 

“Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.”

– Albertus Magnus

 

Albertus Magnus was a 13^th-century Dominican friar known for his contributions to philosophy and natural sciences such as mathematics, astronomy, and metaphysics. His work represents the entirety of European knowledge from the 13^th-century, particularly in pairing Aristotelian knowledge with Christian doctrine.

 

This exceedingly rare 16^th-century printing is of Albertus’ writings on ethics and virtue. In this book, his view points on natural philosophy are discussed in relation to the development of a Christian’s relationship with God and whether or not Aristotelian philosophy would hinder that spiritual growth. Albertus begins this work with describing the love for God:

“True love for God is completed when there is no more searching for him, for the sake of nobility, goodness, wisdom, holiness, and perfection; he is the God.”

Like in many of his works, Albertus compares metaphysical and philosophical ideas to moral goodness and religion.

 

Item number: #1640

Price: $1950

 

MAGNUS, Albertus

 

Alberti Magni Paradisus animae, siue virtutibus liber. Eiusdem, De adhaerendo Deo, lib. I. Ad vet. doctorum examplaria emendati & restituti

 

Coloniae : Apud Ludouicu[m] Alectorium & haeredes Iacobi Soteris, anno 1578.

 

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: 165, [3]
• References: not in Adams
• Binding: Manuscript vellum; tight & secure
• Language: Latin
• Size: ~5.5in X 3.5in (14cm x 9cm)
• Extremely rare with no other examples for sale worldwide. Made even more desirable by the medieval vellum manuscript used as the binding!

 

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