William of Auvergne c. 1180 – 1249
William of Auvergne (c. 1180 – 1249) was a French philosopher of the Medieval era, associated with Medieval Philosophy, Scholasticism, and Christian Philosophy.
William of Auvergne was a French scholastic theologian and bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249, and one of the first major Latin Christian thinkers to engage seriously with the new Aristotelian and Arabic philosophical material then arriving in the schools of Paris. His Magisterium Divinale et Sapientiale, a long summa in seven parts on God, the universe, the soul, the laws, the sacraments, and related matters, defended the doctrine that God is being itself and that all other beings are by participation, while criticizing both Avicennan and Averroist positions. He had a deep influence on the next generation of Paris masters, including the Franciscans Alexander of Hales and Bonaventure.
Key facts
- Nationality
- French
- Era
- Medieval
- Movements
- Medieval Philosophy, Scholasticism, Christian Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to William of Auvergne:
“Philosophy must serve theology, but theology owes philosophy honest debate.”
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Attributed to William of Auvergne:
“What we have from the Arabs in philosophy must be weighed by Christian reason.”
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Attributed to William of Auvergne:
“God is being itself; everything else is being by participation.”
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Attributed to William of Auvergne:
“The soul knows itself by its own reflexive light.”
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Attributed to William of Auvergne:
“The order of the universe is the visible argument for its Creator.”
William of Auvergne by topic
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- William of Auvergne was associated with Medieval Philosophy, Scholasticism, and Christian Philosophy.
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- William of Auvergne was a French scholastic theologian and bishop of Paris from 1228 until his death in 1249, and one of the first major Latin Christian thinkers to engage seriously with the new Aristotelian and Arabic philosophical material then arriving in the schools of Paris.
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