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... civil law , how can the law take account of them ? There is no civil law that says parents should be honored . If a man commits a crime and claims he did it in order to honor his parents ( suppose that he steals in order to support them ...
... civil law , how can the law take account of them ? There is no civil law that says parents should be honored . If a man commits a crime and claims he did it in order to honor his parents ( suppose that he steals in order to support them ...
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... civil law in all Common- wealths of the world . Reciprocally also , the civil law is a part of the dictates of nature . ( p . 131b ) What Hobbes means by this statement is that the natural law commands us to have certain qualities such ...
... civil law in all Common- wealths of the world . Reciprocally also , the civil law is a part of the dictates of nature . ( p . 131b ) What Hobbes means by this statement is that the natural law commands us to have certain qualities such ...
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... civil and natural laws , this means that both civil and natural laws need interpretation . Man's natural reason , Hobbes says , easily comprehends the natural law , but man's under- standing of it is obscured by his passions ...
... civil and natural laws , this means that both civil and natural laws need interpretation . Man's natural reason , Hobbes says , easily comprehends the natural law , but man's under- standing of it is obscured by his passions ...
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AESCHYLUS Agamemnon Choephoroe | 16 |
ARISTOTLE Nicomachean Ethics | 29 |
SelfTesting Questions | 60 |
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