Commentaries of the College of Coimbra on the Eight Books of Physics - Volume I - Manuel de Góis

Commentaries of the College of Coimbra on the Eight Books of Physics, Volume I by Manuel de Góis is a scholastic Aristotelian commentary that systematically analyzes Aristotle’s Physics within the Coimbra Jesuit tradition. It belongs to the broader “Conimbricenses” project, which sought to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy with Scholastic theology.

A central concern of the volume is the nature of physical reality as treated in Aristotelian natural philosophy. Góis examines principles such as matter and form, change, motion, causality, and the structure of natural bodies, offering detailed logical and metaphysical analysis of the foundations of physical science.

The work also addresses interpretive and philosophical disputes within Aristotelian physics, clarifying difficult passages and engaging alternative scholastic positions. Overall, it provides a rigorous systematic exposition of natural philosophy as understood in the late Scholastic Jesuit tradition.