[lbo-talk] Reading Adam Smith

Jeffrey Fisher jeff.jfisher at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 09:41:00 PST 2009


It is an oversimplification, but I'm not sure the overall point is the wrong one. What it brought to my mind was Anselm's theory of salvation, which is feudal through and through, I think.

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:


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> The notion of the almighty deity precedes the middle ages by a long time,
> so this cannot be the case. The notion of divine right of kings also did not
> exist in the middle ages.
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> From: Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com>
> Hence the alimighty deity as the ultimate
> source of all being in medieval theology, providing legitmation of a feudal
> hierarchy with the sovereign on the top.
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