| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
1. Albertus Magnus -- Aristotle and the Common Good -- 2. Albertus Magnus -- Common Good and Common Benefit -- 3. Thomas Aquinas -- Metaphysics and Hierarchy -- 4. Thomas Aquinas -- Love, Justice, and the Life of Virtue -- 5. The Life of Virtue -- Giles of Rome's De Regimine Principum -- 6. Henry of Ghent -- Self-Love and Inclusion -- 7. Henry of Ghent -- Authority, Obedience, and Resistance -- 8. Godfrey of Fontaines -- Love, Virtue, and Justice -- 9. Godfrey of Fontaines -- Authority, Obedience, and Resistance -- 10. The Life of Virtue -- Giles of Rome, James of Viterbo, and John of Paris -- 11. Remigio dei Girolami -- The Order of Love -- 12. Remigio dei Girolami -- Peace and Order |
| Summary |
This text challenges the view that the rediscovery of Aristotle was the catalyst for the emergence of a secular theory of the state. An exposition of the content and context of political and ethical thought reveals that the roots of secularization were theological |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Common good -- History
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Political science -- History.
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Common good -- Philosophy -- History
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Common good
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Common good -- Philosophy
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Political science
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191677526 |
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0191677523 |
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