Dante's Monarchia |
Contents
Preliminaries to the investigation | 2 |
The goal of mankind | 3 |
Mankind needs peace | 25 |
The goaldirected group needs a leader | 29 |
Mankind ought to be subordinated to a leader | 35 |
Mankind as microcosm | 39 |
Mankind should imitate Gods unity | 41 |
Mankind should imitate cosmic order | 43 |
Mankind is ruled better by one than by many | 75 |
Mankind needs a unity of wills | 81 |
Book 2 | 83 |
The purpose and method of book 2 | 91 |
The will of God determines what is right | 97 |
The Roman people were the most noble | 103 |
The Roman people were favored by miracles | 115 |
The Roman people intended the common welfare | 136 |
Mankind needs a supreme judge | 47 |
Monarchy maximizes justice | 51 |
Monarchy maximizes freedom | 65 |
The monarch is best able to dispose others to virtue | 71 |
The Roman people were fitted by nature to rule | 141 |
ix | 164 |
xiii | 393 |
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Ab urbe condita Aquinas argument Aristotle Aristotle's autem authority Averroes chapter Christ Church cited commentary consequent Conv Corpus iuris civilis Dante Dante's Deus dicunt divine Donation of Constantine Douay-Rheims Douay-Rheims trans Ecclesia Edited eius emperor enim ergo etiam fuit genus Giles of Rome goal God's habet heaven Hence human race humanum humanum genus igitur illa illud Imbach imperial Imperium iure iuris iustitia judgment justice king Latin Livy mankind manuscripts Marietti Matthew medieval minor premise monarch Monarchia Nardi nature omnes Orosius Oxford trans papal passage patet Peter Peter of Spain Pizzica political pope potest principle proved quam quia quidem refute Ricci Rome rule ruler says scholastic secundum sense Shaw sicut sive Summa contra gentiles Summa theol sunt syllogism temporal term thesis things translation truth unum Vasoli Vernani vero vicar Vinay virtue vols Wicksteed 1904