On Kingship, to the King of Cyprus
Author | : Saint Thomas (Aquinas) |
Publisher | : PIMS |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Kings and rulers |
ISBN | : 9780888442512 |
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Author | : Saint Thomas (Aquinas) |
Publisher | : PIMS |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Kings and rulers |
ISBN | : 9780888442512 |
Author | : Thomas Aquinas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2014-12-18 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780692354001 |
This work by Aquinas begins by discussing different types of political systems, using the classical classifications. Only rule which is directed "towards the common good of the multitude is fit to be called kingship," he argues. Rule by one man who "seeks his own benefit from his rule and not the good of the multitude subject to him" is called a "tyrant." He argues that "Just as the government of a king is the best, so the government of a tyrant is the worst," maintaining that rule by a single individual is the most efficient for accomplishing either good or evil purposes. He then proceeds to discuss "how provision might be made that the king may not fall into tyranny," stressing education and noting that "government of the kingdom must be so arranged that opportunity to tyrannize is removed." He then proceeds to consider what honor is due to kings, to discuss the appropriate qualities of a king, and to make some points on founding and maintaining a city. Principium autem intentionis nostrae hinc sumere oportet, ut quid nomine regis intelligendum sit, exponatur.
Author | : Thomas Aquinas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2012-06-05 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781477608524 |
Aquinas wrote De Regno to the King of Cyprus. De Regno treats two issues inseparable from the roots of political philosophy: the best form of government and the problem of tyranny.He writes the King:"As I was turning over in my mind what I might present to Your Majesty as a gift at once worthy of Your Royal Highness and befitting my profession and office, it seemed to me a highly appropriate offering that, for a king, I should write a book on kingship, in which, so far as my ability permits, I should carefully expound, according to the authority of Holy Writ and the teachings of the philosophers as well as the practice of worthy princes, both the origin of kingly government and the things which pertain to the office of a king, relying for the beginning, progress and accomplishment of this work, on the help of Him, Who is King of Kings, Lord of Lords, through Whom kings rule, God the Mighty Lord, King great above all gods."
Author | : J. Budziszewski |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 521 |
Release | : 2014-09-22 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1316060942 |
Natural moral law stands at the center of Western ethics and jurisprudence and plays a leading role in interreligious dialogue. Although the greatest source of the classical natural law tradition is Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law, the Treatise is notoriously difficult, especially for nonspecialists. J. Budziszewski has made this formidable work luminous. This book - the first classically styled, line-by-line commentary on the Treatise in centuries - reaches out to philosophers, theologians, social scientists, students, and general readers alike. Budziszewski shows how the Treatise facilitates a dialogue between author and reader. Explaining and expanding upon the text in light of modern philosophical developments, he expounds this work of the great thinker not by diminishing his reasoning, but by amplifying it.
Author | : Saint Thomas Aquinas |
Publisher | : Aeterna Press |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
As I was turning over in my mind what I might present to Your Majesty as a gift at once worthy of Your Royal Highness and befitting my profession and office, it seemed to me a highly appropriate offering that, for a king, I should write a book on kingship, in which, so far as my ability permits, I should carefully expound, according to the authority of Holy Writ and the teachings of the philosophers as well as the practice of worthy princes, both the origin of kingly government and the things which pertain to the office of a king, relying for the beginning, progress and accomplishment of this work, on the help of Him, Who is King of Kings, Lord of Lords, through Whom kings rule, God the Mighty Lord, King great above all gods. Aeterna Press
Author | : Thomas Aquinas |
Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2003-03-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780872206632 |
The second edition retains the selection of texts presented in the first edition but offers them in new translations by Richard J Regan -- including that of his Aquinas, Treatise on Law (Hackett, 2000). A revised Introduction and glossary, an updated select bibliography, and the inclusion of summarising headnotes for each of the units -- Conscience, Law, Justice, Property, War and Killing, Obedience and Rebellion, and Practical Wisdom and Statecraft -- further enhance its usefulness.
Author | : Saint Thomas (Aquinas) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 119 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Kings and rulers |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Brent Nongbri |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2013-01-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300154178 |
Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures.