On Kingship to the King of Cyprus

by Thomas Aquinas

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888442513
• ISBN13: 9780888442512
• Release Date: January 1949
• Publisher: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Classic Treatise on Political Philosophy

This classic treatise on political philosophy provides a compact argument that the state is natural, the basis for a proper understanding of the common good, and the principles of proper interaction between church and state. The implications of the arguments in this book are profound and far-reaching. It is difficult to imagine that one could have any serious discussion of political theory without an awareness of Thomas Aquinas's position.