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... command , which was compared to the commands of doctors , whom we described as of the meaner sort , was the law pure and simple ; and that which preceded , and was described by our friend here as being hortatory only , was , although in ...
... command , which was compared to the commands of doctors , whom we described as of the meaner sort , was the law pure and simple ; and that which preceded , and was described by our friend here as being hortatory only , was , although in ...
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... command , and a command consisteth in declaration or manifestation of the will of him that com- mandeth . . . ” ( p . 132b ) . To be sure , Hobbes also says that law can never be against reason ; by this he means that what the law commands ...
... command , and a command consisteth in declaration or manifestation of the will of him that com- mandeth . . . ” ( p . 132b ) . To be sure , Hobbes also says that law can never be against reason ; by this he means that what the law commands ...
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... commands to be just , to be equitable , etc. , come into being as civil laws only when there is a commonwealth . Here they bind men externally , and non - performance of the command is pun- ished . But these same commands to be just ...
... commands to be just , to be equitable , etc. , come into being as civil laws only when there is a commonwealth . Here they bind men externally , and non - performance of the command is pun- ished . But these same commands to be just ...
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PLATO Euthyphro Laws Apology | 17 |
ARISTOTLE Nicomachean Ethics | 28 |
SelfTesting Questions | 60 |
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