FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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the empire is necessary to ensure the good ordering of the world and universal peace, as it hinders the greed of individuals
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the empire is just as necessary as the church to ensure world peace and limit greed
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the papacy is necessary to ensure the good ordering of the world and universal peace, as it hinders the greed of individuals
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In De monarchia (c. 1313), still in principle highly relevant, Dante insists that only through universal peace can human faculties come to their full compass. But only “temporal monarchy” can achieve this: “a unique princedom extending over all persons in time.” The aim of civilization is…
Detailed explanation-2: -Since universal peace is the first principle of politics and the starting-point for human actualization, and since a monarchical regime stands the best chance of ensuring peace, then monarchy would seem to be necessary for the well-being of the entire world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dante thus argues that the Holy Roman Emperor should be the overarching political authority, and that his authority is conferred directly by God, and not by the ecclesiastical power of the pope.
Detailed explanation-4: -This was a fascinating religio-political tract by the most brilliant poet of the last 2, 000 years, Dante Alighieri. In De Monarchia, Dante makes the bold argument for a single world-emperor who should assume political authority over the entire civilized world.