EL ORIGEN DE LA CIVITAS EN EL DEFENSOR PACIS Y LA REINTERPRETACIÓN DE LA CAUSALIDAD FINAL ARISTOTÉLICA
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Aristotle, Marsilius of Padua, Politics, final causeAbstract
Marsilius of Padua’s masterpiece, the Defensor Pacis, begins with a historical-genetic narrative of the perfect city or community starting from the most primitive social organizations. The author explains the possible historical development of the communities concluding in the explanation of the ultimate form of community, with the purpose of studying the place and function of the religious part of the city. It’s striking that a similar form of genetic narrative had already been used by Aristotle in Book A of his Politics, although this does not seem to be an accident considering Marsilius’ interest in Aristotle’s work.
The aim of the present work is to study the similarities and differences between the genetic narrative of the perfect community introduced by Marsilius and Aristotle with emphasis on the theoretical use both of them make of the final cause. In my opinion, while Aristotle refers to a final cause within a wider theoretical framework, the final cause named by Marsilius is limited only to a purposeful aspect. Bearing in mind the referred contrast, a further reading of both texts might explain the differences of results, as well as of developments, of both histories of the city.
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I. FUENTES
a) Texto original:
ARISTOTELIS, Physica, ed. W.D. Ross, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1956
MARSILII DE PADUA, Defensor Pacis, 2 vol., Hannover, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 1932
b) Traducciones:
ARISTÓTELES, Ética Nicomáquea, Trad. de J. Pallí Bonet (1985), Madrid, Gredos
____________ Física¸ Trad. de M. Boeri (1993), Buenos Aires, Biblos
_____________Metafísica, Trad. de T. Calvo Martínez (1994), Madrid, Gredos
_____________ Política¸ Trad. de M. I. Santa Cruz y M. I. Crespo (2005), Buenos Aires, Losada
MARSILIO DE PADUA, El defensor de la paz, Trad. de L. Martínez Gómez (1989), Madrid, Tecnos.
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