Translations of The Dialogue



ENGLISH

Part 1

Printed translation of Dial. Part 1 Books 1-5 and some chapters of Contra Ioannem.

Latin text and English translation side-by-side, online:
Extra preface

1 Dial. 1-5
1 Dial. 6
1 Dial. 7
2 Dial.
3.1 Dial.
3.2 Dial.

(In some cases the Latin text is an earlier version of the text of the printed volumes. Usually there is not much difference, but it will be useful to consult the printed text and its notes.)


GERMAN

Translated Jürgen Miethke:
Part 3, Tract 1:  Bd.1, Bd.2

Part 3, Tract 2: Bd.1,  Bd. 2


ITALIAN

Translated Alessandro Salerno:

Part 1: Dialogo sul papa eretico


Readers interested mainly in Ockham’s ideas about politics will find much of the relevant material translated in

A Short Discourse on Tyrannical Government, ed. A.S. McGrade, tr. John Kilcullen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992)

A Letter to the Friars Minor and Other Writings, ed. and tr. A.S. McGrade and John Kilcullen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), which contains extensive extracts from 3.1 Dial. and 3.2 Dial.

On the Power of Emperors and Popes, tr. Annabel S. Brett, (Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 1998)

Work of Ninety Days, (Vol.1, Vol. 2, online)  tr. John Kilcullen and John Scott (Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 2001).

 

Ockham’s ideas about the constitution of the Church (which are connected with his ideas about politics) will be found especially in 1 Dial. and in 3.1 Dial.


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