Philosophy by the Book

DUNS SCOTUS, JOHN (CA. 1266 - 1308)
Questiones subtilissime Scoti in metaphysicam Aristotelis: eiusdem De primo rerum pricipio atque Theoremata.
Venice: 1499.
Printed at the commission and expense of Lord Andrew of Asula.

Scotus represents a high point in the Scholastic tradition of close and sophisticated attention to metaphysical issues, steeped in yet extending Aristotle's achievement. This work deals with the 'first principles of things', and includes, among much else, extended discussions of causality.