Marsilius of Padua at the intersection of ancient and medieval traditions of political thought /
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Author / Creator: | Syros, Vasileios, author. |
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Imprint: | Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2012] ©2012 |
Description: | x, 305 pages ; 24 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9104873 |
Table of Contents:
- Bibliographical Note
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Sources
- Outline of Chapters
- 1. Marsilius's Life and Works
- 2. Major Intellectual Influences on Marsilius
- Albertino Mussato and Paduan Politics
- Peter of Abano and Late Medieval Natural Philosophy and Medicine
- Averroes Goes West: John of Jandun
- Muslim and Jewish Influences
- 3. Marsilius's Political Theory
- Marsilius and Aristotelian Teleology
- The Origins of Social Life
- Rhetoric and the Genesis of Civil Life
- The Purpose of the Political Community
- The Peace and Tranquility of the Political Community
- The Unity of the Political Community
- The Organization of the Political Community
- Marsilius's Classification of Human Acts
- Marsilius and Aristotle
- Marsilius and Aquinas
- Marsilius and Maimonides
- Plato Transformed, Avicennian Echoes, and the Ideal Social Organization
- The 'Circle of Justice' and Functional Specialization
- The Idea of the Mean and the Parts of the Political Community
- The Emergence of Religion and the Civic Function of the Sacerdotal Part
- Marsilius's Notion of Citizenship
- 4. Marsilius's Legal Theory
- The Definition of Law
- Giants on the Shoulders of Dwarfs: Legislation and a Well-ordered Political Community
- Cyclopes with Many Eyes: Laws and Collective Prudence
- The legislator humanus
- Legislation and Sovereignty
- Medieval Echoes
- Beyond Aristotle
- 5. Marsilius's Theory of Government
- The Taxonomy of Constitutions
- The Five Modes of Establishing Monarchy
- The Appointment of the Government
- The Political Community as a Living Organism
- Conclusions
- Appendix
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Places and Proper Names