{"product_id":"marsilius-of-padua-at-the-intersection-of-ancient-and-medieval-traditions-of-political-thought-9781442641440","title":"Marsilius of Padua at the Intersection of Ancient","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study highlights linkages between Marsilius' thought and the ideas of his medieval Muslim and Jewish predecessors and contemporaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliographical Note  Acknowledgments  Introduction  Sources  Outline of Chapters  Chapter I. Marsilius' Life and Works  Chapter II. 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  Chapter III. 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  Marsilius' 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' Notion of Citizenship  Chapter IV. 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  The legislator primus  The primus legislator and Sovereignty  Medieval Echoes  Beyond Aristotle  Chapter V. 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  Bibliography  Index of Subjects  Index of Places and Proper Names","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408363004247,"sku":"9781442641440","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442641440.jpg?v=1730502639","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/marsilius-of-padua-at-the-intersection-of-ancient-and-medieval-traditions-of-political-thought-9781442641440","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}