#policraticus

[eginardus]

guys go read the Italian Wikipedia page of John of Salisbury's Policraticus btw

[dipnotski]

Salisburyli Johannes – Siyasal Yönetim Üzerine Bir İnceleme (2023)

Salisburyli Johannes tarafından kaleme alınan ‘Policraticus’, Orta Çağ siyaset düşüncesinin en kapsamlı ve yaratıcı metinlerinden biri. Yunancadan türetilen ve uydurma bir sözcük olan ‘Policraticus’ başlığı, Johannes tarafından eserin siyasal muhtevasını yansıtmak için icat edilmiş gibi görünüyor. Döneminin önde gelen bürokratlarından biri olmasının yanı sıra, din adamı kimliği de bulunan…

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[nelyosvesse]

Los pecados de los delincuentes son la fuerza de los tiranos.

Policraticus (Libro VIII, capítulo 20); Juan de Salisbury

[akeenerheart]

But it seems to me that there can be no faithful and firm cohesion where there is not an enduring union of wills and as it were a cementing together of souls. If this is lacking, it is in vain that the works of men are in harmony, since hollow pretense will develop into open injury, unless the real spirit of helpfulness is present.

John of Salisbury, Policraticus, bk. V, chapter 7, tr. John Dickinson, (New York: Russell & Russell, 1963), pg. 95.

[akeenerheart]

Now there are certain precepts of the law which have a perpetual necessity, having the force of law among all nations and which absolutely cannot be broken with impunity. Before the law, under the law, and still under the new covenant of grace, there is one law which is binding upon all men alike: "What thou wouldst not should be done unto thee, do thou not unto another"; and "what thou wouldst should be done unto thee, do that unto others." Let the whitewashers of rulers now come forward, and let them whisper, or if this is too little, let them trumpet abroad that the prince is not subject to the law, and that whatsoever is his will and pleasure, not merely in establishing law according to the model of equity, but absolutely and free from all restrictions, has the force of law. Let them thus, if they so desire and dare, make of their king, whom they except from the obligations of the law, a very outlaw, and still I will maintain not merely in the teeth of their denials but in the teeth of all the world, that kings are bound by this law.

John of Salisbury, Policraticus, bk. IV, chapter 7, tr. John Dickinson, (New York: Russell & Russell, 1963), pgs. 33-34.