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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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[1941]
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Church history
Anno: 1941, Volume: 10, Pagine: 211-227 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | KAG Riforma protestante |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Diritto naturale
B Natural Law B Luther,Martin |
| Edizione parallela: | Elettronico
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| Riepilogo: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Church history
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