Spiritual authority and temporal power The Parameters of political deviation in Western thought

Abstract

The term authority in necessity comes with the idea of ​​force or oppression, or rather material strength. From outside, this force is clearly manifested and it is established by the use of external means, and that is precisely the concept of temporal power. On the counterpart, spiritual power "Authority" appears intrinsically internal, self-established, and free from every tangible support and somehow practiced in a subtle way. If we are talking about power or authority, or at the very least when we speak of sovereignty in the exclusive case, it is obligatory to understand the meaning of force here, that intellectual force called «Wisdom" "Sagesse "which is the only force of truth. The term authority should not carry more significance than physical significance, because it is related to the tangible side, it has a connection to reality rather than meditation and knowledge. "