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Between Babel and Beast
(America and Empires in Biblical Perspective)
The Glory of Kings: A Festschrift for James B. Jordan
Fyodor Dostoevsky
(Christian Encounters Series)
Athanasius
(Foundations of Theological Exegesis and Christian Spirituality)
The Four: A Survey of the Gospels
Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom
From Behind the Veil: The Epistles of John
Deep Exegesis:The Mystery of Reading Scripture
1 & 2 Kings
Brazos Theological Commentary
The Promise Of His Appearing: An Exposition Of Second Peter
A Great Mystery: Fourteen Wedding Sermons
Deep Comedy: Trinity, Tragedy, And Hope In Western Literature
Miniatures & Morals: The Christian Novels of Jane Austen
The Priesthood of the Plebs: A Theology of Baptism
A Son To Me: An Exposition of 1 & 2 Samuel
From Silence to Song: The Davidic Liturgical Revolution
Ascent to Love: A Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy
Blessed Are the Hungry: Meditations on the Lord's Supper
A House For My Name: A Survey of the Old Testament
Heroes of the City of Man: A Christian Guide to Select Ancient Literature
Brightest Heaven of Invention: A Christian Guide To Six Shakespeare Plays
Wise Words: Family Stories That Bring the Proverbs to Life
The Kingdom and the Power: Rediscovering the Centrality of the Church
Who said this? “The distinguishing feature of the community and the city is that every individual should maintain free and undisturbed control of his possessions.”
And: “those charged with the defence of the state will dissociate themselves from the kind of lavish distribution which robs Peter to pay Paul. Their primary concern will be to ensure that the individual keeps his possessions through the just processes of law and the courts; that those in greater need are not victimized because of their lowly status, and that the wealthy do not incur envy in retaining or recovering their property; moreover they themselves are to employ all possible means both in war and at home to enhance the power, territories, and revenues of the state.”
Answer overleaf….
If you said Locke or one of the other early modern “possessive individualists,” you’d be wrong.
It’s Cicero.
Rather supports Milbank’s claim that early political economy involved a revival of Roman conceptions of property and self-possession.
posted by Peter J. Leithart on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 10:40 am
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