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We must therefore distinguish three kinds of precept in the Old Law ; namely moral precepts , which are dictated by the natural law ; ceremonial precepts , which are determinations of the Divine worship ; and judicial precepts , which ...
We must therefore distinguish three kinds of precept in the Old Law ; namely moral precepts , which are dictated by the natural law ; ceremonial precepts , which are determinations of the Divine worship ; and judicial precepts , which ...
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This puts a great deal of human conduct under the rule of divine law . For the Christian religion regards all of man's life as a way toward God . Some actions must , of course , be regulated by human law , as long as such law is in ...
This puts a great deal of human conduct under the rule of divine law . For the Christian religion regards all of man's life as a way toward God . Some actions must , of course , be regulated by human law , as long as such law is in ...
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In the Christian view , the world is ruled by Divine Providence . Therefore the very Idea of the government of things in God , the Ruler of the universe , has the nature of a law . And since the Divine Reason's conception of things is ...
In the Christian view , the world is ruled by Divine Providence . Therefore the very Idea of the government of things in God , the Ruler of the universe , has the nature of a law . And since the Divine Reason's conception of things is ...
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Contents
PLATO Euthyphro Laws Apology | 17 |
ARISTOTLE Nicomachean Ethics | 29 |
OLD TESTAMENT Exodus and Deuteron | 45 |
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| Title | Philosophy of Law and Jurisprudence Volume 5 of Great ideas program |
| Authors | Mortimer Jerome Adler, Peter Wolff |
| Editor | Peter Wolff |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 |
| ISBN | 085229137X, 9780852291375 |
| Length | 251 pages |
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