Stanislav of Znojmo Explains Wyclif’s First Principles
Stephen Lahey
University of Nebraska Lincoln , United StatesAbstract
The reception of John Wyclif’s philosophical thought in late fourteenth-century Prague began as an embrace of his metaphysics and philosophy of language, known today as propositional realism. At the core of his philosophical approach is the identification of Truth and Being, which Wyclif describes in the first treatises of his Summa de ente. Stanislav of Znojmo was foremost among Wyclif’s expositors and he articulates this identification in the first several chapters of his treatise De vero et falso. This article describes this articulation and elements in which Stanislav departed from Wyclif.
Keywords:
Stanislav of Znojmo, John Wyclif, philosophy of language, theory of truth, complex significableReferences
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