Jean Bodin 1641 De Republica Libri Sex Popular Soverignity Political Science

Description: Vellum. 8vo. Sumptibus Jonæ Rosæ viduæ, Francofurti (Frankfurt, Germany) 1641. [16], 1221 pgs + 83 pp vocabulary and index at the back. Fifth Edition. Bound in vellum with gilt seal impression present to the front and rear board and rule present. Title and date hand lettered on the spine. Boards have some wear present to the extremities (exposed yapped edges from exposed endpapers). Offsetting and foxing present to the text block. Notes from the previous owner present to the first three endpapers. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Bodin's seminal main work which is also the first work to use the term "Political Science" and the first book where the concept of "sovereignty" is defined and treated extensively for the first time. Bodin's best-known work was written in 1576. The discussion regarding the best form of government which took place in those years around the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (1572) gave the inspiration; Bodin attempted to embark on a middle path. Machiavelli would have granted the sovereign the right to act for the benefit of his state without moral consideration, and Protestant theorists advocated a popular government, or at least an elective monarchy. Bodin's classical definition of sovereignty is: “la puissance absolue et perpetuelle d'une Republique” (the absolute and perpetual power of a Republic). His main ideas about sovereignty are found in chapter VIII and X of Book I, including his statement "The sovereign Prince is only accountable to God". Jean Bodin 1641 De Republica Libri Sex Popular Soverignity Political Science Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter

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