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The Political Animal in Medieval Philosophy A Philosophical Study of the Commentary Tradition C. 1260-C. 1410.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2020.
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| Colección: | Studien und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Historical Setting
- 2. Authors and Sources
- 3. Methodology
- 4. Contents in Brief
- 5. How to Use This Study?
- 6. A Note about Translations
- Chapter 1. Terminology
- 1. Basic Terminology: Political, Conjugal, and Domestic
- 2. Political or Social Animal?
- 3. Later Developments
- Chapter 2. Needs, Desires, and Natural Inclinations
- 1. Preservation of Oneself and the Species
- 2. Inclination and the Body That Makes Us Social
- 3. Reflections on Mirrors of Princes
- 4. Instrumental Role of the Community
- 5. Cities and beyond
- Chapter 3. Good Life, Virtue, and Human Sociability
- 1. Good Life and Virtue
- 2. Aims of Individuals and the Community
- 3. Social Role, Prudence, and Virtue
- 4. Is Practical Happiness for Everyone? Virtue and Prudence of Citizens
- 5. Prudence of Slaves (and Women)
- 6. Craftsman qua Craftsman qua Human
- 7. Happiness and Morality
- Chapter 4. Reason and Language
- 1. Naturalness of Language
- 2. Language and Justice
- 3. Creating Communities
- 4. Purpose of the Linguistic Argument
- Chapter 5. The Social and Political Nature of Animals
- 1. The Ant, the Bee, and the Crane
- 2. Forget the Bee: Truncating the Linguistic Argument
- 3. No Animal Is Political
- Chapter 6. Beasts, Gods, and Human Beings
- 1. Part/Whole Metaphysics
- 2. Solitary Humans
- 3. What Is It Like to Be a God?
- 4. Ways of Being Wild
- 5. The Normative Scale: Above and below Beasts
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index Rerum & Nominum