André of Neufchâteau explained

André of Neufchâteau^[1] (died c. 1400) was a scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century. He was a Franciscan from Lorraine, who wrote a number of works.^[2] He earned the name Doctor Ingeniosissimus (most ingenious Doctor).

In philosophy he opposed Nicholas of Autrecourt,^[3] and also the nominalist Augustinian Gregory of Rimini.^[4] On the dependence of natural law on divine will he followed Pierre d'Ailly.^[5]

His Sentences commentary was printed in Paris in 1514.^[6]

References

• Hubert Elie (1936), Le complexe significabile, thèse de doctorat, published by Vrin as Le signifiable complexe with Appendix on André de Neufchâteau
• 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

Notes and References

1. André de Neufchâteau, Andrew of Neufchateau, Andrew of Newcastle, Andreas de Novo Castro, Andreas Novocastrensis.
2. http://users.bart.nl/~roestb/franciscan/franauta.htm FranautA
3. http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/autrecourt/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
4. [Gilles Deleuze]
5. http://www.nd.edu/~afreddos/courses/301/suarezdelegii6.htm in Suarez
6. William J. Courtenay (1978), Adam Wodeham: An Introduction to His Life and Writings,p. 139.