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Antonio despises Shylock for lending money at interest , which is against Christian doctrine . Shylock in turn hates Antonio because the latter often has lent money without interest , thus driving down the rate of interest .
Antonio despises Shylock for lending money at interest , which is against Christian doctrine . Shylock in turn hates Antonio because the latter often has lent money without interest , thus driving down the rate of interest .
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a Even there where merchants most do congregate , On me , my bargains , and my well - won thrift , Which he calls interest . Cursed be my tribe , If I forgive him ! ( p . 410a ) Shylock and Antonio quickly start an argument ; first they ...
a Even there where merchants most do congregate , On me , my bargains , and my well - won thrift , Which he calls interest . Cursed be my tribe , If I forgive him ! ( p . 410a ) Shylock and Antonio quickly start an argument ; first they ...
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We are speaking here of the practice of charging reasonable rates of interest , not of usury in the sense of charging excessive rates of interest . No one - either now or in earlier times - condones the latter .
We are speaking here of the practice of charging reasonable rates of interest , not of usury in the sense of charging excessive rates of interest . No one - either now or in earlier times - condones the latter .
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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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