Imaging Aristotle |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
ABBREVIATIONS OF PRINCIPAL MANUSCRIPTS |
INTRODUCTION |
PART I— THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF ORESME'S TRANSLATIONS |
1— Royal Patronage of Vernacular Translations |
2— Intellectual and Political Ties between Nicole Oresme and Charles V |
3— Nicole Oresme as Master of the Texts |
PART II— PERSONIFICATIONS AND ALLEGORIES AS COGNITIVE AND MNEMONIC SUBJECT GUIDES: THE PROGRAMS OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN CHARLES V'S COPIES OF THE LIVRE D'ÉTHIQUES |
4— Preliminary Considerations |
5— Dedication Frontispieces (Book I) |
6— Virtue as Queen and Mean (Book II) |
7— Courage, Moderation, and Their Opposites (Book III) |
8— Generosity, Magnanimity, Profligacy, and Avarice (Book IV) |
9— The Centrality of Justice (Book V) |
10— Guides to the Intellectual Virtues (Book VI) |
11— Reason and Desire: Moral Decisions (Book VII) |
12— Friendship: Personal and Social Relationships (Book VIII) |
13— Moral Obligations of Friendship (Book IX) |
14— Contemplative Happiness and Intellectual Activity (Book X) |
PART III— PARADIGMS OF THE BODY POLITIC: THE PROGRAMS OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN CHARLES V'S COPIES OF THE LIVRE DE POLITIQUES AND THE LIVRE DE YCONOMIQUE |
15— Contrasts and Continuities |
16— The Six-Forms-of-Government Frontispieces (Book I) |
17— Classical Authorities on Political Theory (Book II) |
18— Threats to the Body Politic (Book III) |
19— Foundations of Political Stability (Book IV) |
20— Undermining the Body Politic (Book V) |
21— Good Democracy: A Pastoral Vision? (Book VI) |
22— Citizens and Noncitizens (Book VII) |
23— Education of the Young (Book VIII) |
24— Family and Household (Book I, Yconomique ) |
25— The Marriage Ceremony (Book II, Yconomique ) |
CONCLUSION |
APPENDIX I— MS A: ARISTOTLE, ETHICA NICOMACHEA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, AFTER 1372 (BRUSSELS, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROYALE ALBERT IER, MS 9505–06) |
APPENDIX II— MS C: ARISTOTLE, ETHICA NICOMACHEA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1376 (THE HAGUE, RIJKSMUSEUM MUSEUM MEERMANNO-WESTREENIANUM, MS 10 D 1) |
APPENDIX III— MS B: ARISTOTLE, POLITICA AND OECONOMICA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1375–76 (FRANCE, PRIVATE COLLECTION) |
APPENDIX IV— MS D: ARISTOTLE, POLITICA AND OECONOMICA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1376 (BRUSSELS, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROYALE ALBERT IER, MS 11201–02) |
APPENDIX V— MS B , FOL. 2: ORESME'S SECOND INSTRUCTION TO THE READER OF THE POLITIQUES |
Notes |
• | 1— Royal Patronage of Vernacular Translations |
• | 2— Intellectual and Political Ties between Nicole Oresme and Charles V |
• | 3— Nicole Oresme as Master of the Texts |
• | 4— Preliminary Considerations |
• | 5— Dedication Frontispieces (Book I) |
• | 6— Virtue as Queen and Mean (Book II) |
• | 7— Courage, Moderation, and Their Opposites (Book III) |
• | 8— Generosity, Magnanimity, Profligacy, and Avarice (Book IV) |
• | 9— The Centrality of Justice (Book V) |
• | 10— Guides to the Intellectual Virtues (Book VI) |
• | 11— Reason and Desire: Moral Decisions (Book VII) |
• | 12— Friendship: Personal and Social Relationships (Book VIII) |
• | 13— Moral Obligations of Friendship (Book IX) |
• | 14— Contemplative Happiness and Intellectual Activity (Book X) |
• | 15— Contrasts and Continuities |
• | 16— The Six-Forms-of-Government Frontispieces (Book I) |
• | 17— Classical Authorities on Political Theory (Book II) |
• | 18— Threats to the Body Politic (Book III) |
• | 19— Foundations of Political Stability (Book IV) |
• | 20— Undermining the Body Politic (Book V) |
• | 21— Good Democracy: A Pastoral Vision? (Book VI) |
• | 22— Citizens and Noncitizens (Book VII) |
• | 23— Education of the Young (Book VIII) |
• | 24— Family and Household (Book I, Yconomique ) |
• | 25— The Marriage Ceremony (Book II, Yconomique ) |
• | Conclusion |
• | APPENDIX I— MS A: ARISTOTLE, ETHICA NICOMACHEA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, AFTER 1372 (BRUSSELS, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROYALE ALBERT IER, MS 9505–06) |
• | APPENDIX II— MS C: ARISTOTLE, ETHICA NICOMACHEA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1376 (THE HAGUE, RIJKSMUSEUM MUSEUM MEERMANNO-WESTREENIANUM, MS 10 D 1) |
• | APPENDIX III— MS B: ARISTOTLE, POLITICA AND OECONOMICA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1375–76 (FRANCE, PRIVATE COLLECTION) |
• | APPENDIX IV— MS D: ARISTOTLE, POLITICA AND OECONOMICA , FRENCH TRANSLATION OF NICOLE ORESME. PARIS, 1376 (BRUSSELS, BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROYALE ALBERT IER, MS 11201–02) |
• | APPENDIX V— MS B , FOL. 2: ORESME'S SECOND INSTRUCTION TO THE READER OF THE POLITIQUES |
ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED WORKS |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
PLATE SECTION |
INDEX |