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Dante Alighieri

De Monarchia

The treatise 'De monarchia', in three books, originally written in Latin, here in an English translation, contains the mature statement of Dante's political ideas. In it he propounds the theory that the supremacy of the emperor is derived from the supremacy of the Roman people over the world, which was given to them direct from God. As the emperor is intended to assure their earthly happiness, so does their spiritual welfare depend upon the pope, to whom the emperor is to do honour as to the first-born of the Father. The date of its publication is almost universally admitted to be the time of the descent of Henry VII. into Italy, between 1310 and 1313, although its composition may have been in hand from a much earlier period. The book was first printed by Oporinus at Basel in 1559, and placed on the Index of forbidden books. This edition is annotated with more than 450 notes.
200 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2019
Publication year
2019
Translator
Aurelia Henry
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    For it always happens to men who will things before rationally considering them that, their desire being evil, they put behind them the light of reason; as blind men they are led about by their desire, and stubbornly deny their blindness
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    Whoever runs a race should endeavor with most strenuous effort to come off victor, but in no way should he trip up the one with whom he contends
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    Like certainty is not to be sought in every matter, but according as the nature of the subject admits it
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