Jonas Solsberietis Apie Politinę Filosofią Ir Filosofijos Istoriją
John of Salisbury on Philosophy and History of Philosophy

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes two treatises by John of Salisbury Polycraticus and Metalogicus, written in 1159 and dedicated to the archbishop Canterbury Thomas Becket. The first consists of eight books and treats ethical and political issues of public life. It is one of the first medieval treatises in which the problems of political philosophy are considered at length. Its eight book had become especially popular because of the concept of tyranny explicated there on three levels (private, public, ecclesiastic) and controversial treatment of tyrannicide. The second treatise is an exposition of Aristotelian teaching on grammar and logic. It consists of four books. But the most interesting issue it treats is the problem of universals. Under the influence of Cicero, the author kept skeptical position and claimed that this problem is insoluble. His position demarcated the frameworks of epistemology of the time.

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