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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE REFORMATION
established fewer chairs than had been available in the previous year, but the
scholastic orientation was now codified. In the Arts faculty, they provided for
Aristotelian logic and natural philosophy (including De anima) as well as the
logic of Petrus Hispanus to be read in three ways (viae) each. Their exposi¬
tors should represent Scotism, Thomism, and the school of Gregory of Rimini
(c.1300-1358). It is probably a sign of the strength of the Augustinians’ influ¬
ence at Wittenberg that the third via is tied to a prominent member of their
order rather than, as might be expected, to the father of nominalism, Wil¬
liam of Ockham (c.1287-c.1347).”° A chair in ethics and metaphysics, one in
mathematics, and a third in grammar were added. Finally, space was made for
three Humanist lectureships, although their actual content remained entirely
unspecified (Table 3).
Table 3 Regular professorships established in the Faculty of Arts (1508)
App. Chair Text (Author) Orientation
11 Greater logic Aristotle Scotist
11 Greater logic Aristotle Thomist
11 Greater logic Aristotle Gregorii
14 c) Natural philosophy Aristotle Scotist
14 c) Natural philosophy Aristotle Thomist
14 c) Natural philosophy Aristotle Gregorii
11 Lesser logic Petrus Hispanus Scotist
11 Lesser logic Petrus Hispanus Thomist
11 Lesser logic Petrus Hispanus Gregorii
3 a) & 13 Ethics and metaphysics Aristotle Scholastic
[12] Mathematics Not specified Scholastic
6 Grammar Not specified Humanist
[2, 20] + 3 unspecified chairs Humanist
In the faculty of theology, five teaching positions were established in 1508.”
Three sponsored by the Collegiate Church and one each by the Augustinians
and the Franciscans. Graduate students were also given a number of time slots
in which to offer classes. The law school was given seven professorships.”’ Usu¬
ally, we do not learn from the document which were tied to the All Saints’
endowment. On the other hand, in all but one case we are informed of the ac¬
tual field. With three chairs in canon law and three in Roman law, the picture
5 On the philological debates surrounding this somewhat unexpected precedent, see SCHEIBLE,
Aristoteles, 129., and literature cited there.
26 UBW 1:37 (No. 23).
27 UBW 1:45 (No. 24).
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