Natural Law in the Thought of Luther

Henry Drummond's Natural Law in the Spiritual World (1883) opens with the sentence: “Natural law is a new word.” But the term may claim a respectable antiquity: it goes back to the pre-Socratic philosophers. In Drummond's time it was merely being put to a new use. To him it meant the body...

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Autor principal: McNeill, John Thomas 1885-1975 (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: [1941]
En: Church history
Año: 1941, Volumen: 10, Páginas: 211-227
Clasificaciones IxTheo:KAG Reforma
Otras palabras clave:B Derecho natural
B Natural Law
B Luther,Martin
Parallel Edition:Electrónico
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Sumario:Henry Drummond's Natural Law in the Spiritual World (1883) opens with the sentence: “Natural law is a new word.” But the term may claim a respectable antiquity: it goes back to the pre-Socratic philosophers. In Drummond's time it was merely being put to a new use. To him it meant the body of principles learned in the laboratories of physical science. In the long tradition of ethical, legal, and political thought from Hippias to Kant it implied a body of principles which, resting upon a divinely implanted endowment of human nature, underlie all acceptable ethical precepts, just laws, and sound political institutions.
ISSN:0009-6407
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Church history