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    STUDIA PHILOSOPHIA - Issue no. Special Issue / 2020  
         
  Article:   CHARITY IN JOHN OF SALISBURY’S POLICRATICUS.

Authors:  OANA-CORINA FILIP.
 
       
         
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DOI: 10.24193/subbphil.2020.spiss.01

Published Online: 2020-11-30
Published Print: 2020-11-30
pp. 7-21

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ABSTRACT: In the Policraticus, charity is used synonymously to wisdom. Charity accounts for the deeply social character of John of Salisbury’s political philosophy. Together with wisdom it rests at the core of the treatise, tying together all the subtopics into one cohesive system. Charity is essential for one to truly be a philosopher. In opposition to avarice, it involves the detachment from earthly goods and the manifested love towards one’s peers. In addition, it has a regulatory function, being the origin of all virtues.

Keywords: John of Salisbury, Policraticus, charity, wisdom, Political Philosophy.
 
         
     
         
         
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