Defensor Pacis

By Alan Gewirth and Marsilius of Padua

As Cary J. Nederman writes in the foreword to this new edition, "Marsilius continues to speak to many of the salient issues of modern political life, expressing his doctrines in a language that has resonance and relevance. Whether in addressing the role of citizenship as a buffer between individual and community, or in explicating the foundations of religious toleration, the Defensor pacis (and Marsilius' other writings) affords a distinctive theoretical perspective that rivals that of any of the great thinkers of the Western political tradition."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802064124
• ISBN13: 9780802064127
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Henry Kissinger, take notice

Ever heard the phrase "reasons of state"? Here is the princeps woork on it. Phillipe Augustus used it, Richelieu read it, sure Henry KIssinger read it, just did not cite it...can;t have an opinion on political science without this medieval gem.