 | Anton Leist - Philosophy - 2003 - 260 pages
...Naturrechts streng zu unterscheiden ist: u! c •• „A LAW OF NATURE, (Lex Naturalis,) is a Precept, or general! Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved." (Lev. XIV, 3) Die Untersuchung der natürlichen Gesetze ist Aufgabe der Moralphilosophie: „[...]... | |
 | Frederick Copleston - Philosophy - 2003 - 452 pages
...life and member, as much as in us lies'.2 Again, 'a law of nature, lex naturalis, is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...to omit that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved'.8 In interpreting these definitions we have, of course, to avoid attaching to the word 'law'... | |
 | Frank Columbus - Psychology - 2001 - 304 pages
...Enlightenment who most influenced modern human rights talk, described the law of nature as "a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...same; and to omit that, by which he thinketh it may best be preserved."38 If fundamental human rights are not inalienable, if citizens are permitted to... | |
 | Ian Adams, R. W. Dyson - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 274 pages
...out by reason, by which a person is forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or takes away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that by which he thinks it may be best preserved. (Ltviathan 1:14) He would understand (1) that it is rationally necessary... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - History - 2004 - 460 pages
...according as his judgment and reason shall dictate to him. A law of nature, lex naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...thinketh it may be best preserved. For though they who speak of this subject, use to confound jus, and lex, right and law ; yet they ought to be distinguished... | |
 | Andrew Bailey - Philosophy - 2004 - 362 pages
...as his judgement and reason shall dictate to him. A law of nature, lex naturalis, is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...forbidden to do that which is destructive of his life, or ia ko! h away the means of preserving the same, and to omit that by which he thinketh it may be best... | |
 | Sean Coyle, Karen Morrow - Law - 2004 - 245 pages
...preservation of his own Nature . . . For though they that speak of this subject use to confound lus and Lex, Right and Law, yet they ought to be distinguished; because right consisteth in the liberty to do, or to forbear; Whereas law determineth, and bindeth to one of them: so that Law... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - Fiction - 2004 - 612 pages
...shall dictate to him. A Law of A LAW OF NATURE, (Lex Naturalis,) is a Precept, or generall Nature. Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man is forbidden to do, what. that, which is destructive of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same; and... | |
 | Thomas Hobbes - History - 2005 - 404 pages
...escape is made possible by following the laws of nature, and he defines a law of nature as "a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...that by which he thinketh it may be best preserved." The individual laws are easily proved using the method ofreductio ad absurdum. For example, in order... | |
 | Sung-Chul Rhim - State, The - 2005 - 180 pages
...aptest means thereunto". (b) Hobbes' Naturgesetz: „A Law of Nature, lex naturalis, is a precept or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man...that, by which he thinketh it may be best preserved". Pufendorf, De iure naturae et gentium 2, 2, 3: (...) propriis nribus, ita etprvprio iudicio atque arbitrio... | |
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A LAW OF NATURE, (lex naturalis,) is a precept, or general rule, found out by reason, by which a man is forbidden to do that, which is destructive of his life, or taketh away the means of preserving the same; and to omit that, by which he thinketh it... 
