William Delamere
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William Delamere (de Mara) (fl. 1280) was an English Franciscan theologian.
Life
He probably studied at Oxford before he went to Paris, where he came under the influence of Bonaventura and Roger Bacon. He died before 1310, when he was classed with Bonaventura, John Peckham, and others among the "solemn masters" of the order.[1]
Works
In 1284 he published a criticism of Thomas Aquinas, called Correctorium, or Reprehensorium, the substance of which was printed several times (at Strasburg, 1501; Cordova, 1701, etc.) with the reply to it under the name of Ægidius Colonna. William argues that, as the "principium individuationis" is, according to the Thomists, matter, and not form, individuality, according to them, ceases to exist as soon as the soul leaves the body; in other words, the Dominican school supported the Averroistic heresy of the universal soul. William also wrote in favour of a strict observance of the rule of St. Francis. Among his extant works are: Quæstiones de Natura Virtutis, Burney MS. Brit. Museum, 358; and Commentaries on the first three books of the Sentences, manuscripts of which are in the Laurentian Library at Florence, formerly in the Franciscan library of Santa Croce.[1]
References
- ^ a b Little 1893.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Little, Andrew George (1893). "Mara, William de". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 36. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 119–120.