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... divine law command the same actions as the precepts of the natural law . The need for the moral precepts of the divine law arises from the defects of human reason . Men do not always or easily recognize what the natural law commands ...
... divine law command the same actions as the precepts of the natural law . The need for the moral precepts of the divine law arises from the defects of human reason . Men do not always or easily recognize what the natural law commands ...
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... divine law . For the Christian religion regards all of man's life as a way toward God . Some actions must , of course , be regu- lated by human law , as long as such law is in accordance with the divine law and does not contravene it ...
... divine law . For the Christian religion regards all of man's life as a way toward God . Some actions must , of course , be regu- lated by human law , as long as such law is in accordance with the divine law and does not contravene it ...
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... Divine Provi- dence . 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 not subject to time but is eternal . . . this ...
... Divine Provi- dence . 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 not subject to time but is eternal . . . this ...
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PLATO Euthyphro Laws Apology | 17 |
ARISTOTLE Nicomachean Ethics | 28 |
SelfTesting Questions | 60 |
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