N

Naples, 306

nation-state, 253 ;

and polis, 259 –60

Natural History (Pliny), 280

neologisms, introduced by Oresme, 26 , 32 , 73 , 97 , 105 , 170 , 179 , 185 , 224 , 234 –35, 286 , 306 , 354 n.1, 361 n.49, 362 n.6

New York:

Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Collections, MS 283, 348 n.8;

Pierpont Morgan Library, M. 456, 51 , 355 n.9.

See also Avis au roys

Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle), xxi , 14 , 24 ;

discussion of cardinal virtues, 72 ;

discussion of justice, 93 ;

discussion of marriage, 290 ;

Latin translation by Grosseteste, 24 , 361 n.48;

Oresme's view of, 37 ;

paraphrase by Hermannus Alemannus, 113 ;

quoted, 60 , 120 ;

views on spending, 85 .

See also Ethiques

Nieuwstraten, Rieneke, 364 n.34

Nordenfalk, Carl, 357 n.16

"noteworthy books," chosen for translation, 8