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threequestionsinaSevillemanuscript(BibliotecaColombina7-7-13),
asetoffourquestionsonmotion,tobefoundinVenicelibrary(Ven-
ezia,Bibl.Naz.Marciana,lat.VI,72),singlequestionsarealsotobe
foundinothermanuscripts.
Thequestionsareasfollows:
ExpositiosuperprimumlibrumPhysicorum(Ms.Vatican,Vat.lat.
4353).
1.Utrumomnescitumsciaturpercausam(Ms.Vatican,Vat.lat.4353).
2.Utrumomnequodgenereturexcontrariisgeneretur(Ms.Vatican,Vat.lat.
4353;SevilleColomb.7-7-13).
3.Utruminomnigenerationetriaprincipiarequirantur(Ms.SevilleColomb.
7-7-13;ParisBnFlat.6559;Bruges,StedelijkeOpenbareBiblio-
theek503).
4.Utrumomnisnaturasitprincipiummotusetquietis(Ms.SevilleColomb.
7-7-13).
5.Utrumpotentiamotorisexceditpotentiamreimote(Ms.Venezia,Bibl.
Naz.Marcianalat.VI,72(2810);Vat.lat.2148).
6.Utrumqualitassuscipitmagisetminus(MsVenezia,Bibl.Naz.Mar-
ciana,lat.VI,72(2810);Paris,BnFlat.16401;Vatican,Vat.lat.
2148;Vat.lat.4429;Paris,BnFlat.6559;Oxford,Bodl.,Canon
Misc.226;Praha,NarodniKnihovnaIII.B;Cambridge,Peter-
house195).
7.Utrumaliquodmotussimplexpossitmoveriaequevelociterinvacuoetinpleno
(Venezia,Bibl.Naz.Marciana,lat.VI,72(2810)).
8.Utrumomnetransmutatumintransmutationisinitiositineoadquod
primitustransmutatur(Venezia,Bibl.Naz.Marciana,lat.VI,72
(2810)).20
Fromthepointofviewofthemainproblemofthisbook,theffth
questiondevotedtotheproblemoflocalmotionisthemostinteresting.
Thisquestionis-asKilvingtonsays-dividedintofourarticles,where
hefrstlypresentsanddiscussesdifferentopinionsdescribingtheway
ofumeasuring”theprimaryconditionsnecessaryformotiontooccur,
suchasanexcessofanactingpoweroverthepassiveone;thepossible
limitofanactingpowercausingthemotion;thepossiblelimitofapas-
sivepowertobeovertaken;andtheresultoftheiractionsi.e.,thespeed
ofmotionaswellaspossibleruledescribingit.Theissuesraisedhere
willbediscussedinChapterIII.
20
OndetailsseeE.Jung,TheNewInterpretationofAristotleł.,(forthcoming).