William of Ockham: A Short Discourse on Tyrannical Government
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- Real Author: William of Ockham
- Editor: Arthur Stephen McGrade
- Translator: John Kilcullen
- Date Published: September 1992
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521358033
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William of Ockham (c. 1285-c. 1387) was the most eminent theologian and philosopher of his day, a Franciscan friar who came to believe that the Avignonese papacy of John XXII had set out to destroy the religious ideal on which his order was based: the complete poverty of Christ and the Apostles. A Short Discourse on Tyrannical Government is an attack on the claims of the medieval Church, specifically the papacy, to universal spiritual and secular power. Written at the time of the emergence of the European nation-states, Ockham's work issued a direct hard-hitting challenge to the claims of limitless papal power. The text is accompanied by a full bibliography, a chronology and an introduction setting his work in its intellectual and historical context.
Read more- Ockham is the most important thinker of his age, and this work reflects the essentials of medieval political philosophy
- This is the only translation in English of a complete work by Ockham
- Professor McGrade is recognised as the world's leading authority on Ockham, and is one of the best-known scholars in medieval and early modern political thought Author of the Hooker volume in Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought series
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"This book is enriched by an admirable introduction by McGrade, which places Ockham and his work in the framework of their time. Careful footnoting and a useful bibliography enhance the value of the book." H. Malcolm MacDonald, Social Science Quarterly
See more reviews"Ockham's argument combines lucidity with passion....it was the first complete Latin work I ever read. By the time I finished it I would gladly have followed Ockham out of Avignon and into the imperial entourage." David Burr, Church History
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- Date Published: September 1992
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521358033
- length: 252 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.33kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Note on references
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Principal dates in Ockham's life
Suggestions for further reading
A Short Discourse on the Tyrannical Government over things
Divine and human, but especially over the Empire and those subject to the Empire
Usurped by some who are called Highest Pontiffs
Prologue
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Appendix: text and translation
Bibliography
Index of references to the Bible
Index of references to canon law
Index of persons
Subject index.
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