Context, Consequences and Sources of Dante’s Doctrine of the “Homo est Medium” (Monarchia, III, xv)
Abstract
This paper deals with the source of Dante’s doctrine of the homo medium. We propose to divide the argumentation of Monarchia, III, xv in three moments: cosmological, anthropological moment –specially the corruptible sector of the world– as antecedent of the third moment, in which Dante analyzes the homo corruptibilis as fundamental principle of the political thesis of the monarchia temporalis. An attempt is made to identify the sources of Dante’s doctrine of the homo medium.Downloads
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