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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 expositors 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’ influence 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, William 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.”’ Usually, 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 actual 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). + ]7 +
