Francesco di Meyronnes e la relazione tra la volunà divina e quella umana dopo Duns Scoto

Abstract

Using Scotus's theory of the determination of the divine will as a frame of reference in their discussion of divine foreknowledge, predestination, contingency of the world, and the human freedom of choice, the immediate Parisian successors of the Subtle Doctor in the fourteenth century attempt to illuminate some obscure issues left without clarification by John Duns Scotus, on the way to developing new theories and new theoretical tools capable of corroborating and going beyond the original teaching. This article intends to demonstrate, in particular, how Francis of Meyronnes, OFM, nick-named Princeps Scotistarum , in the midst of late-medieval doctrinal discussions assumes Scotus's theory of the determination of the divine will and how he resolves the question of the relationship between the divine will as a primary source, and the human will as a secondary source of contingency in the world, to the advantage of the human freedom of choice.