William of Ockham: A Short Discourse on Tyrannical Government

di William of Ockham (Autore)

Arthur Stephen McGrade (Curatore)

John Kilcullen (Traduttore)

Cambridge University Press, 1992

William of Ockham (c. 1285–c. 1347) was the most eminent and influential theologian and philosopher of his day, a giant in the history of political thought. He was a Franciscan friar who came to believe that the Avignonese papacy of John XXII had set out to destroy the religious ideal on which the Franciscan order was based: the complete poverty of Christ and the apostles. This is the first complete text by Ockham to be published in English. The Short Discourse is a passionate but compelling statement of Ockham's position on the most fundamental political problem of the medieval period: the relationship of supreme spiritual authority, as represented by the pope, to the autonomous secular authority claimed by the medieval empire and the emerging nation-states of Europe. Professor McGrade's introduction, and the notes on the translation make the volume wholly accessible to a modern readership, while a full bibliography and chronology are included as further aids to the reader.

• Autore: William of Ockham
• Traduttore: John Kilcullen
• Curatore: Arthur Stephen McGrade
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Anno: 1992
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 252 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 470 gr.
• EAN: 9780521352420

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