Economic Thought of P.J.Olivi

今年，我分析了p.j.奥利维的原始文本，重点是他对高利贷的讨论，其结果可以在题为“不育或开创性：对p.j.奥利维经济思想的兴趣”的文章中看到。在这篇文章中，我强调了他关于高利贷的讨论的创新性，他试图通过巧妙地使用资本和利息的概念来证明生息贷款（usura，高利贷）的正当性。在他对高利贷的辩护中，他领先于他的时代（13世纪），当时教会禁止高利贷仍然盛行。在这方面，人们可以说奥利维是现代经济思想最重要的先驱之一。另一方面，关注他的关键词开创性理性（ratio seminalis），我可以对它的起源有所了解，奥利维从博纳文图拉那里借用了这个词（博纳文图拉又从奥古斯丁那里借用了这个词），并将其转化为一个经济概念。通过这种方式，奥利维从一个旧的经济概念中创造了一个新的经济概念，这个概念一直被用来解释上帝的创造。

This year I have analized the original textes of P.J.Olivi concentrating upon his discussion on usury, the results of which can be seen in the article entitled "Sterile or Seminal : interest in the Economic Thought of P.J.Olivi". In this article I stressed the innovative character of his discussion on usury, in which he tries to justify the interest-bearing loan (usura, usury) by ingeneously using the notions of capital and interest. In his justification of usury he was ahead of his time (13th century) when the prohibition of usury by church was still prevaling. In this respect one can say Olivi is one of the most important precursors of modern economic thought. On the other hand, focusing on his key word seminal reason (ratio seminalis) I could shed some lights on its origin, which Olivi borrowed from Bonaventura (who in his turn borrowed it from Augustine), and transformed into an economic concept. In this way Olivi created a new economic concept from an old one which had been used until then to explain the Creation by God.