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11Oct2009

Law as ordinance of reason

DateSunday, October 11, 2009 at 1:48AM

[Law] is nothing else than an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community, and promulgated. (Aquinas, 1265-1274)

Source:

1. Aquinas, T. (1265-1274). Summa Theologica, First Part of the Second Part, Question 90, Article 4.

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