Bossuet: Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture Paperback / softback
by Jacques Bossuet
Edited by Patrick (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Riley
Part of the Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought series
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This 1991 book was the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707.
Jacques-Benigne Bossuet argues in the Politics that a general society of the entire human race, governed by Christian charity, has given way (after the Fall) to the necessity of politcs, law, and absolute hereditary monarchy.
That monarchy - seen as natural, universal and divinely ordained (beginning with David and Solomon) is defended in the first half of the book.
The last part, added soon before Bossuet's death, goes on to take up the rights of the Church, the distinction between absolutism and arbitrariness, and causes of just war.
Patrick Riley has provided full supporting materials including a chronology, guide to further reading, and a lucid introduction placing Bossuet in his historical and intellectual context.
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- Pages:500 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/03/1999
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- ISBN:9780521368070
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:500 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:15/03/1999
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- ISBN:9780521368070
