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... seem to be appealing to a divinely made law ( namely , that matricide is a crime ) . Orestes , in defending himself ... seems difficult to answer , because with- out either a written constitution or a body of precedents , how can one ...
... seem to be appealing to a divinely made law ( namely , that matricide is a crime ) . Orestes , in defending himself ... seems difficult to answer , because with- out either a written constitution or a body of precedents , how can one ...
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... seems to obviate the need for divine posi- tive law . In the second place , man himself possesses the power of rea- son . Through this reason , he gives himself human positive law . This seems to leave no need for other positive law ...
... seems to obviate the need for divine posi- tive law . In the second place , man himself possesses the power of rea- son . Through this reason , he gives himself human positive law . This seems to leave no need for other positive law ...
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... seems obvious as long as we speak only of the human law , some doubt is introduced when we realize that Aquinas ... seem to find any promulgation . Aquinas writes : For the natural law above all has the character of law . But the natural ...
... seems obvious as long as we speak only of the human law , some doubt is introduced when we realize that Aquinas ... seem to find any promulgation . Aquinas writes : For the natural law above all has the character of law . But the natural ...
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AESCHYLUS Agamemnon Choephoroe | 16 |
ARISTOTLE Nicomachean Ethics | 29 |
SelfTesting Questions | 60 |
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