33 University of Toronto Press Toronto 1980 Not First Edition Very Good+ Softcover Light Creasing to corners. ; Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching; 12mo 7" - 7" tall; 450 pages; Marsilius of Padua is one of the few truly revolutionary figures in thehistory of political philosophy. The first to propound the separation ofChurch and State, he is considered the precursor to subsequent politicalthinkers, from Machiavelli to Marx. The Marsilian revolution consisted notonly in a radical change in the theory of the relations between religion andpolitics that culminated in the Protestant Reformation and other centraldevelopments of the modern era, but, even more importantly, it had an effecton the whole conception of human beings -their nature, acts, values, andsociopolitical relations. "Marsilius continues to speak to many of the salient issues ofmodern political life, expressing his doctrines in a language that hasresonance and relevance. Whether in addressing the role of citizenship as abuffer between individual and community, or in explicating the foundationsof religious toleration, the Defensor pacis (and Marsilius other writings) affords a distinctive theoretical perspective that rivals that of any of thegreat thinkers of the Western political tradition. " 0802064124 $27.00USD
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