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In other words , though the Oresteia shows us how civil law supersedes the law of retaliation , this by no means eliminates the conflict between the demands of justice and piety . Justice is giving every man his due ( as Plato tells us ...
In other words , though the Oresteia shows us how civil law supersedes the law of retaliation , this by no means eliminates the conflict between the demands of justice and piety . Justice is giving every man his due ( as Plato tells us ...
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“ The law of nature and the civil law contain each other and are of equal extent ” ( p . 13la ) . Further on Hobbes writes : The law of nature therefore is a part of the civil law in all Commonwealths of the world .
“ The law of nature and the civil law contain each other and are of equal extent ” ( p . 13la ) . Further on Hobbes writes : The law of nature therefore is a part of the civil law in all Commonwealths of the world .
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Civil and natural law are not different kinds , but different parts of law ; whereof one part , being written , is called civil , the other unwritten , natural . ( p 131b ) Another significant observation which Hobbes makes is that ...
Civil and natural law are not different kinds , but different parts of law ; whereof one part , being written , is called civil , the other unwritten , natural . ( p 131b ) Another significant observation which Hobbes makes is that ...
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PLATO Euthyphro Laws Apology | 17 |
ARISTOTLE Nicomachean Ethics | 29 |
OLD TESTAMENT Exodus and Deuteron | 45 |
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