Gabriel Biel Quotes
Gabriel Biel was a German scholastic philosopher and theologian, sometimes called the last of the great medieval nominalists. After studies at Heidelberg, Erfurt, and Cologne and many years as a cathedral preacher at Mainz, he was called in his later years to the new University of Tubingen, where he taught nominalist theology in the tradition of William of Ockham. The quotes below are attributed to Gabriel Biel, organized by topic.
Gabriel Biel on Freedom
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Attributed to Gabriel Biel:
“The will is freer than the intellect to follow or to resist the good.”
Gabriel Biel on God
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Attributed to Gabriel Biel:
“God's commands are right because God commands them.”
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Attributed to Gabriel Biel:
“What we owe to grace, we cannot owe to nature.”
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Attributed to Gabriel Biel:
“The covenant of God with humanity is the form of all moral law.”
Gabriel Biel on Truth
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Attributed to Gabriel Biel:
“Universals are names for like particulars, not things in themselves.”