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On the Government of Rulers

De Regimine Principum

By: Ptolemy of Lucca,Thomas Aquinas

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On the Government of Rulers

De Regimine Principum

By: Ptolemy of Lucca,Thomas Aquinas

Ptolemy, considered a proto-Humanist by some, combined the principles of Northern Italian republicanism with Aristotelian theory in his De Regimine Principum, a book that influenced much of the political thought of the later Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the early modern period. He was the first to attack kingship as despotism and to draw parallels between ancient Greek models of mixed constitution and the Roman Republic, biblical rule, the Church, and medieval government. In addition to his translation of this important and radical medieval political treatise, written around 1300, James M. Blythe includes a sixty-page introduction to the work and provides over 1200 footnotes that trace Ptolemy's sources, explain his references, and comment on the text, the translation, the context, and the significance.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812201337

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9780812201338

On the Government of Rulers

De Regimine Principum

By: Ptolemy of Lucca,Thomas Aquinas

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De Regimine Principum

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Ptolemy's Almagest

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Ptolemy's Almagest

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Ptolemy's Almagest is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of technical exposition, it was the basic textbook of astronomy for more than a thousand years, and still is the main source for our knowledge of ancient astronomy. This translation, based on the standard Greek text of Heiberg, makes the work accessible to English readers in an intelligible and reliable form. It contains numerous corrections derived from medieval Arabic translations and extensive footnotes that take account of the great progress in understanding the work made in this century, due to the discovery of Babylonian records and other researches. It is designed to stand by itself as an interpretation of the original, but it will also be useful as an aid to reading the Greek text.

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Princeton University Press

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0691213364

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9780691213361

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