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| Estates of the realm: The estates of the realm were a social and political system in medieval Europe that divided society into three groups the clergy (the First Estate), the nobility (the Second Estate), and the commoners (the Third Estate). _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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al-Farabi on Estates of the Realm - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 129 Estates/al-Farabi/Höffe: [al-Farabi] Ideal state is composed of five groups or estates, 1 persons who are wise persons in both the theoretical and practical sense. 2 (...) persons responsible for religion, including the speakers, poets and musicians. 3 (...) the metrologists, including the accountants, land surveyors, doctors and astrologers. 4 (...) thus far later than in Plato's Politeia, the military and the guards come. 5 (...) the "rich" who are responsible for the prosperity of the state: the farmers, shepherds and merchants(1). Höffe: It is striking that a large part of the population, to which al-Fārābī presumably belonged for a longer period of time in order to earn a living, is lacking in workers and servants. >State (Polity)/al-Farabi. 1. al-Farabi, Aphorisms of the Statesman, I 53_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
al-Farabi Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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