John of Salisbury Syd Geemson E. Parreñas

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JOHN OF

SALISBURYSyd Geemson E. Parreas

AB Politial Siene


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Overview

!"o #as Jo"n o$ Salis%&ry'

Ho# did "e (ie# t"e relations"i)%et#een )olitial and reli*io&sa&t"orities'

+"e #or,s o$ Jo"n o$ Salis%&ry


3/18

After 476AD

+"e $all o$ t"e Roman Em)ire le$t a

lar*e )o#er (a&&m.

+#o instit&tions e(ent&ally arose as a

le*itimate alternati(es to t"e Em)ire-

. Fe&dalism

/. +"e 0at"oli 0"&r"


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Implications

Fe&dal instit&tions and t"e 0"&r" "el)ed

,ee) t"e $a%ri o$ soiety to*et"er.

+"e relations"i) %et#een 0"&r" andstate #o&ld ontin&e to %e )ro%lemati

e(en &ntil t"e 1iddle A*es.

Who was sovereign over whom?


5/18

The Gelasian Doctrine

Named a$ter Po)e Gelasi&s I 234/5346A78

Also ,no#n as t"e dotrine o$ t"e t#o

s#ords.

+"e 7otrine s&%mits t"at t"ere are t#o

s#ords o$ )o#er-

. Sared so(erei*n in s)irit&al matters./. Royal so(erei*n in tem)oral a9airs.


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John of Salis!r"Johannes

Parvus2;Jo"n t"e Little;8 Born a%o&t < in Old Sar&m near Salis%&ry= died >?.

St&died )"iloso)"y@ t"eolo*y and arts in Paris=

H&manisti st&dies in 0"artres.

A Bis"o) o$ 0"artres.

0at"oli )"iloso)"er and a "istorian d&rin* t"e Fe&dal

Period.

He #as also an En*lis" a&t"or@ ed&ationalist@ di)lomat@

"&r"man and a )a)alist.

Had )lenty o$ e)eriene in )&%li a9airs 2in*s and

Po)es8.

His #or, #as onsidered as t"e most inisi(e

)resentation o$ t"e )a)alist (ie#)oint d&rin* t"e times o$


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#is view towar$s %oliticalan$ &eligio!s A!thorit"


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On &o"al A!thorit"

Politial A&t"orities are ser(ants o$

t"e )eo)le.

Bot" )olitial and reli*io&sa&t"ority "a(e t"eir so&re in God.

As s&"@ se&lar a&t"ority m&st %ein aordane #it" nat&ral la#.


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&!lers an$ A!thorit"

F&ndamentally rooted in t"e

)rini)le o$ eD&ity.

+"e %asis o$ eD&ity is 2nat&ral8 la#@and "ene s"o&ld a))ly to all

t"in*s.

R&lers are o%li*ed to o%ey t"e la#

o&t o$ lo(e $or &stie.


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On J!stice an$ 'erc"

2Positi(e8 La#s are instr&ments o$

&stie.

+"e o%et o$ s&" instr&ments isto se&re t"e #el$are o$ o&r $ello#

man.

Hene@ "ars" la#s s"o&ld only %e

&sed as neessary.


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&!lers an$ %riests

All eart"ly a&t"ority "as its so&re

in God.

R&lers "a(e a&t"ority in se&larmatters@ )riests in reli*io&s a9airs.

In essene@ )riests %esto#

a&t"ority &)on r&lers.


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State as an Organism

Salis%&ry s&%sri%es to t"e (ie# o$

t"e state as a ommon#ealt".

As s&"@ t"e state is a %odyom)osed o$ di9erent )arts #it"

di9erent $&ntions.

+"ese $&ntions arm t"at r&lers

are s&%ordinate to )riests.


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(iert" an$ Tolerance

Li%erty is not a%sol&te=

+r&e li%erty stems $rom (irt&e=

+olerane is a s)eial (irt&e t"ats"o&ld %e )ratied=

As s&"@ indi(id&als "a(e t"e

D&alied ri*"t to de)ose tyrants.


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S!mmar"

A&t"ority s"o&ld %e rooted in

%roader )rini)les o$ morals eD&ity@

la# and &stie. La#s s"o&ld %e reasona%le.

Neit"er li%erty nor tolerane are

a%sol&te.

Indi(id&als "a(e t"e ri*"t to

de)ose o))ressi(e r&lers.


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Wor)s

1. Metalogicus. A )"iloso)"ial treatise in $o&r %oo,s.

. It is a st&dy o$ lo*i and )"iloso)"y@

a*ainst a *ro&) o$ o%s&rantists #"om

"e ni,named Cornifcians.

. It is t"e rst medie(al treatise to s"o#

aD&aintane #it" t"e #"ole o$

Aristotles ;or*anon;.


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Wor)s

/. Policraticus 2+"e Statemans Boo,8

Earliest ela%orate medie(al treatise on )olitis.

It is t"e only im)ortant )olitial treatise #ritten %e$ore

#estern t"o&*"t "ad one more %eome $amiliar #it"t"e Politis o$ Aristotle.

It t"&s re)resents t"e )&rely medie(al tradition

&na9eted %y ideas ne#ly %orro#ed $rom lassial

antiD&ity. It is t"e &lmination in t"eir mat&rest $orm o$ a %ody o$

dotrines #"i" "ad e(ol(ed in &n%ro,en seD&ene $rom

)atristi literat&re in ontat #it" t"e instit&tions o$ t"e

earlier middle a*es.


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Wor)s

Some o$ "is #or,s=

+"e ;Ent"eti&s; 2De dogmate

philosophorum8 +"e ;Historia Pontialis

;Kita Sti. Anselmi

et.@


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*See)ing is a necessar"

preliminar" to +n$ing, an$ one

who cannot en$!re the har$ship

of in-!ir" cannot e.pect toharvest the fr!it of )nowle$ge/0

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