medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Howe asked:
>>>A colleague asked the origin of the use of the phrase "queen of the
>>>sciences" in relation to theology.
and Nick responded:
>Wasn't it Aquinas?
Suggestive although not conclusive evidence against use by St. Thomas
Aquinas is that a search for the two words at the domain unav.es
using Google's advanced search feature [[1]] does not turn up any
hits in the on-line edition of St. Thomas' works [[2]]. The only
authors at the site whose works included pages with both words were
Guillelmus Wheatley and Hugo of St.-Cher, and in neither case do they
form a phrase.
There's a chance that Google hasn't indexed the entire site, but
searches for (e.g.) _regina_ produce many hits in St. Thomas.
This search technique, while not as definitive as using CD-ROMs and
on-line searchable databases like the Proquest PL, is accessible to
anyone with a web browser and Internet connection.
(As an aside, I checked the PL database too and the only hit is with
a Boolean "near" search, in Leo I on the Manichaeans, where it's also
not a phrase.)
I definitely think that article in _Divus Thomas_ that Dr. Bolliger
suggested is the best place to go next.
John
[[1]] http://www.google.com/advanced_search?
[[2]] http://www.unav.es/filosofia/alarcon/amicis/ctopera.html
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