Can God Make the Universe Better? Étienne Gaudet’s Notes from the principia of his Carmelite socius, James of Milan (ms. Paris, BnF, lat. 16408)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgment V
3. List of Contributors VII
4. Contents ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Section I: Quires and Material Aspects
7. From Notebooks to Quires: A Journey to Decipher the Collection of Étienne Gaudet’s Writings 101
8. Section II: Authors
9. The Franciscan ­Amand de Valenciennes Inside and Outside Étienne Gaudet: Disputations in the Sorbonne, Principial Debates, and Sentences Lectures, 1350–1357 135
10. Richard Barbe’s (1380 †) Philosophical Profile through the Lens of Étienne Gaudet 183
11. Can God Make the Universe Better? Étienne Gaudet’s Notes from the principia of his Carmelite socius, James of Milan (ms. Paris, BnF, lat. 16408) 231
12. Section III: Authorities
13. Is a Real Union of the Human Mind with the Divine Essence Preferable to an Intentional Union? A Fourteenth Century Theological Debate through the Lenses of Étienne Gaudet’s Principia 285
14. Étienne Gaudet’s Working Notes on Genesis in Ms. Paris, BnF, lat. 15561 309
15. Section IV: Preparing for Debate
16. On Ethics, Will, and other Sins. Notes of Étienne Gaudet on Philosophical and Theological Issues 335
17. Days of Their aulae. Aulical Debates in Étienne Gaudet’s Manuscripts 335