E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Occam, William of
(b. Ockham, Surrey, 1270; d. Munich, April 7th, 1347). “Disputatio inter Clericum et Militem” (1475); “Dialogorum libri septem adversus hæreticos; et Tractatus de dogmatibus Johannis XXII.” (1476); “Opus nonaginta dierum et dialogi, compendium errorum contra Johannem XXII.” (1481); “Scriptum in primum librum sentenciarum, in quo theologica simul et arcium atque philosophiæ dogmata usque ad principia resolvuntur stilo clarissimo facili et apto” (1483); “Quodlibeta septem” (1487); “Tractatus Logicæ divisus in tres partes” (1488); “Centiloquium Theologieum” (1494); “Quæstiones et Decisiones in quatuor libros Sententiarum” (1495); “Expositio aurea super totam artem Veterem, continens hosce tractatus” (1496); and “Summa totius logicæ” (1498). For a list of Occam’s other works, see Jöcher’s “Gelehrten Lexicon.”
