Political Prudence In Some Medieval Commentaries On The Sixth Book Of The Nicomachean Ethics

Lambertini, Roberto

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“…However, even though he frames the idea entirely within Aristotelian language, the idea that this prudence must be collective has no equal antecedent in Aristotle and the Aristotelian commentators. Even if they follow Aristotle in ascribing some degree of prudence to the multitude, they never present such a comprehensive theory of collective experience as the foundation of good laws, as Marsilius does (Lambertini, 2007).…”

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“… 21. A good overview of the discussions that are provided by the commentaries to the Nicomachean Ethics on law as based on political prudence can be found in in Lambertini 2007.…”

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“… 22. Such different authors as Buridan and Peter of Abano showed the same tendency to blur science and prudence. For more on this, see Lambertini 2007, 245.…”

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Theorizing the multitude before Machiavelli. Marsilius of Padua between Aristotle and Ibn Rushd

Mulieri

2022

European Journal of Political Theory

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Even if political theorists rarely read him, Italian political thinker, Marsilius of Padua, presents one of the most radical theories of the multitude prior to Machiavelli and Spinoza. This article reconstructs Marsilius of Padua's political theory of the multitude in his Defender of Peace and pays special attention to two main sources from which Marsilius frames his theory: Aristotle and Ibn Rushd. Compared to Aristotle, Marsilius advances a more epistemic view of the multitude as a lawmaker. Marsilius’ ideas on the multitude also depend on Ibn Rushd's theory of collective knowledge and, to a certain extent, on his position on natural law.

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“… 21. A good overview of the discussions that are provided by the commentaries to the Nicomachean Ethics on law as based on political prudence can be found in in Lambertini 2007.…”

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