Property in philosophy
Posted on:4/8/2006
| In medieval and Renaissance Europe the term "property" essentially referred to land. |
In medieval and Renaissance Europe the term "property" essentially referred to land. Much rethinking was necessary in order for land to come to be regarded as only a special case of the property genus. This rethinking was inspired by at least three broad features of early modern Europe, the surge of commerce, the breakdown of efforts to prohibit interest (so-called "usury"), and the development of centralized national monarchies.
Several of the most influential intellectuals who responded to these three trends and rethought the whole issue of private property were English.
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