La "quaestio" di Stefano Langton su "uita contemplativa et actiua"

Stephen Langton's theological "quaestio De contemplatiua et actiua" is an hitherto unpublished testimony of the discussion on the active and contemplative life at the turn of the 12th century. Compared with some later texts, Langton's "quaestio" is characteristic because it makes no use of Aristotle's "Ethics", trying instead to elaborate a doctrine of the different forms of life on the basis of a number of Biblical passages. As for the content, Langton's position is marked by a constant attention to the elements of excellence of either form of life, thus avoiding the risk of an exclusive point of view. In an Appendix, qu. CAMB109 - "De contemplatiua et actiua" is edited in the two versions in which it has been transmitted down to us.