Pensare la povertà tra uso povero e uso di fatto

This article considers the relationship between usus facti and usus pauper. It starts from the conviction that the Franciscan discourse on “use” has become a route for researchers to take, albeit a demanding one. – For indeed while a common language was being built up within this shared context, divergences were also emerging that it would be hard to reconcile. - Central to this consideration of the matter are several passages by Peter John Olivi and a proposed interpretation of that which divided Olivi from his adversaries, one that goes beyond the facile contrast between “laxists” and “rigourists.” The suggestion is that, for Olivi, “rich use,” meaning use that is habitually not limited to the truly needful, carries with it an element of appropriation, and