Marsilius of Padua at the intersection of ancient and medieval traditions of political thought /
Syros, Vasileios.
Toronto, Ont. ; London : University of Toronto Press,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Marsilius' Life and Works -- 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. -- Marsilius' 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 ; The Emergence of Religion and the Civic Function of the Sacerdotal Part ; Marsilius' Notion of Citizenship. -- Marsilius' Legal Theory. The Definition of the Law ; Giants on the Shoulders of Dwarfs: Legislation and a Well-ordered Political Community ; Cyclops with Many Eyes: Laws and Collective Prudence ; The legislator humanus ; Legislation and Sovereignty ; Medieval Echoes ; Beyond Aristotle. -- Marsilius' 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.
Marsilius, of Padua, -1342?.
Political science
Philosophy, Ancient
Philosophy, Medieval