De praedestinatione et libera voluntate
Printing History, Manuscripts. Three manuscripts. Not printed before Goldammer.
Editions. Edited by Goldammer in Paracelsus, Sämtliche Werke, ii/2: 109–118.
Relationship between different versions. The text of the Munich manuscript is part of a compilated commentary on Matthew; it slightly differs from the text of the other two manuscripts and has some additional paragraphs.
Structure, genre/form, perspective, style.
Relationship to other texts.
Authenticity, authorship. Goldammer had “slight doubts” (“leise Zweifel”) with regard to the authenticity of De praedestinatione et libera voluntate, but due to the “originality of this little text that may have suffered from some textual corruptions” he regarded it as probably authentic. De praedestinatione et libera voluntate treats “higher” and “lower gods”, which for an authentic text seems strange to Goldammer, who sees a parallel in De fundamento scientiarum sapientiaeque (§ 5.4), however.
Time of writing.
Manuscripts:
- Fulda, Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek: Cod. 22a (2), 2°, f. 185v–189v
- Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek: Voss. Chym. F.24, f. 418v–421v
- München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: cgm 949, 111–123
First printed: Not printed before Goldammer (1965).
