Vox Populi Essays in the History of an Idea

• Päätekijä: Boas, George (auth)
• Aineistotyyppi: Elektroninen Kirjan osa
• Kieli: englanti
• Julkaistu: Johns Hopkins University Press 2020
• Aiheet: History of Western philosophy; History of philosophy, philosophical traditions
• Linkit: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Originally published in 1969. The proverb vox populi, vox Dei first appeared in a work by Alcuin (ca. 798), who wrote that "the people [] are to be led, not followed. [] Nor are those to be listened to who are accustomed to say, 'The voice of the people is the voice of God.'" Tra...