On the Relations Between Philosophy and Politics in Ockham
Abstract
In this text we analyse one of the classic problems on Ockham's work, which is, the connections between his logic and political texts. This article has two moments: in the first one we drag some solutions given by important commentators. In a second moment we offer the following thesis: Ockham's work, taken as a whole, constitutes a system in which we distinguish some fundamental philosophical ideas that orient his political texts. We aim to demonstrate which are those ideas, and in what sense they have some influence in his continental work.Downloads
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