HENRY OF GHENT
Henry of Ghent (1217-1293ce) was a Regent Master of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Paris from the 1276 to 1293. (See the entry on Henry of Ghent in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.)
This webpage makes available PDFs of the Latin critical editions (without the apparatus) of his writings, as well as a Bibliography of all secondary literature written about Henry's philosophy and theology. His main works are his Summa (Quaestiones Ordinariae) and his fifteen Quodlibeta.
The National Endowment of the Humanities in the United States of America has been funding the production of these critical editions for many years. We acknowledge the financial support that the NEH has generously provided for the production of these Latin critical editions.
See Leuven University Press for purchasing the Latin critical editions.
Editorial Coordinator
Bernd Goehring, Wagner College, USA, and KU Leuven, Belgium
Editorial Board
Valérie Cordonier, Centre National de la Recherches Scientifique, France
Kent Emery Jr., University of Notre Dame, USA
Russell Friedman, KU Leuven, Belgium
Guy Guldentops, Universität zu Köln, Germany
Jenny Pelletier, KU Leuven, Belgium
Pasquale Porro, Università di Torino, Italy
Carlos Steel, KU Leuven, Belgium
Gordon A. Wilson, University of North Carolina at Asheville, USA
Quodlibeta
Vol. V Quodlibet 1 ----- (PDF)
Vol. VI Quodlibet 2 ----- (PDF)
Vol. VII Quodlibet 3
Vol. VIII Quodlibet 4 ----- (PDF)
Vol. IX Quodlibet 5
Vol. X Quodlibet 6 ----- (PDF)
Vol. XI Quodlibet 7 ----- (PDF)
Vol. XII Quodlibet 8
Vol. XIII Quodlibet 9 ----- (PDF)
Vol. XIV Quodlibet 10 ----- (PDF)
Vol. XV Quodlibet 11
Vol. XVI Quodlibet 12 ---- (PDF)
Vol. XVII Quodlibet 12, q. 31 (PDF)
Vol. XVIII Quodlibet 13 ---- (PDF)
Vol. XIX Quodlibet 14
Vol. XX Quodlibet 15 ---- (PDF)
Summa (Quaestiones Ordinariae)
Vol. XXI Summa 1-5 --- (PDF)
Vol. XXII TBD
Vol. XXIII TBD
Vol. XXIV TBD
Vol. XXV TBD
Vol. XXVI.1 Summa 25-27 - (PDF)
Vol. XXVI.2 Summa 28-30
Vol. XXVII Summa 31-34 - (PDF)
Vol. XXVIII Summa 35-40 - (PDF)
Vol. XXIX Summa 41-46 - (PDF)
Vol. XXX Summa 47-52 - (PDF)
Vol. XXXI Summa 53-55 - (PDF)
Vol. XXXII Summa 56-59 - (PDF)
Vol. XXXIII Summa 60-62 - (PDF)
Vol. XXXIV Summa 63-67 - (PDF)
Vol. XXXV.1 Summa 68-72
Vol. XXXV.2 Summa 73-75
Additional Volumes
Vol. I Bibliotheca Manuscripta Henrici de Gandavo I (Introduction - Catalogue A-P)
Vol. II Bibliotheca Manuscripta Henrici de Gandavo II (Catalogue Q-Z, Réportoire)
Henrico de Gandavo adscripta
Vol. XXXVI Lectura Ordinaria super Sacram Scripturam
Vol. XXXVII Syncategoremata
Vol. XXXVIII Quaestiones Variae
Bibliography on Henry of Ghent
English Translations
Below are English translations in stand-alone books. (There are translations of some of the same texts, e.g., Summa 1, in anthologies of Medieval Philosophy.) See the Bibliography for a complete list.
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Summa (Quaestiones Ordinariae)
Summa, Article 1
On the Possibility of Knowing
Summa, Articles 2-5
Questions on Human Knowledge
Summa, Articles 6-10
On Theology (as a Science, Wisdom)
Summa, Articles 21-24
On God's Existence and Essence
Summa, Articles 25-30
On God's Unity and Simplicity
Summa, Articles 31-32
On God's Eternity,
Divine Attributes in General
Summa, Articles, 35-36, 42, 45
On God's Potency in general, God's Intellectual Potency, Perfection of God, Will of God
Summa, Articles 53-55
On the Divine Persons (in general)
Quodlibetal Questions
Quodlibets Translated:
Quod. 1, Question 18:
"Whether the will is evil if it disagrees with an erroneous reason?"
Quod. 9, Question 19:
"Whether one should procure one's personal good rather than the common good?"
Quod. 9, Question 26:
"Whether someone condemned to death may escape if the opportunity presents itself?"
Quod. 10, Question 12:
"Whether friendship is a virtue?"
Quod. 10, Question 17:
"Whether it is permissible for the oppressed to turn aside their injury by the power of princes?"
Quod. 12, Question 13:
"Whether a person who has no hope of a life hereafter ought in accord with right reason to choose to die for his country?"
Quod. 15, Question 16:
"Whether a soldier hurling himself forward into the army of the enemy does an act of magnanimity?"
Quodlibets Translated:
Quod. 1, Question 14:
"Is the will a higher power than the intellect, or the intellect a higher power than the will?"
Quod. 1, Question 15:
"Does the act of the will precede the act of the intellect, or the act of the intellect that of the will?"
Quod. 9, Question 5:
"Does the will move itself?"
Quod. 9, Question 6:
"Is commanding an act of the will, or of the reason or intellect?"
Quod. 14, Question 5:
"Are the intellect and the will equally free potencies?"









