Carolyn wrote:
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| That sounds like a great idea. There is John F. Quinn's book, *The
| Historical Constitution of St Bonaventure's Philosophy*, PIMS, 1973.
| However, the emphasis of the study is placed on Bonaventure's
| philosophy. Unlike Weisheipl's book, *Friar Thomas D'Aquino: His Life
| Thought and Works*, it is not concerned with an historical analysis of
| Bonaventure's life. Perhaps, there is someone out there working on Friar
| Bonaventure, His Life Thought and Works?
I certainly hope there is. I really enjoyed C H Lawrence's brief
account of Bonaventure and his influence on the Order in his history
of the Mendicant Orders. It made me think that what is needed is a
comprehensive intellectual biography. Bonny is harder to pin down, I
think, than much of the scholarship has admitted to. Perhaps someday
we can rid ourselves of this silly dichotomy between Augustinianism
and Aristotelianism in the thirteenth century -- a construct that has
hampered rather than helped. Or at least, some should be daring and
actually provide a definition of Augustinianism. :-)
In the meantime, we will have to settle for the collection of essays
in the 5-volume work, _S. Bonaventura, 1274-1974_ (Grottaferrata,
1974). I think the first volume deals with the biography.
Cheers
Jim
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