André of Neufchâteau

André of Neufchâteau [André de Neufchâteau, Andrew of Neufchateau, Andrew of Newcastle, Andreas de Novo Castro, Andreas Novocastrensis.] (died c. 1400) was a scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century. He was a Franciscan from Lorraine, who wrote a number of works. [ [http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/franauta.htm FranautA ] ] . He earned the name "Doctor Ingeniosissimus" (most ingenious Doctor) [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05074a.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Surnames of Famous Doctors ] ] .

In philosophy he opposed Nicholas of Autrecourt [ [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/autrecourt/ "Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy"] ] , and also the nominalist Augustinian Gregory of Rimini [Gilles Deleuze, "Logic of Sense"(1990 English translation), p. 21.] . On the dependence of natural law on divine will he followed Pierre d'Ailly [ [http://www.nd.edu/~afreddos/courses/301/suarezdelegii6.htm in Suarez] ] .

His "Sentences" commentary was printed in Paris in 1514 [William J. Courtenay (1978), "Adam Wodeham: An Introduction to His Life and Writings",p. 139.] .

References

*Hubert Elie (1936), Le complexe significabile, Appendix André de Neufchâteau, dit 'Le docteur très ingénieux'"
*Janine Marie Idziak (translator and editor), Questions on an Ethics of Divine Commands. Andrew of Neufchateau OFM,, Notre Dame Texts in Medieval Culture 3 (Notre Dame 1997)
*Peter Houston, editor, Primum Scriptum Sententiarum

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