(アクィナス Aquinas, Thomas)
Now in human affairs a thing is said to be just from being right according to the rule of reason. But the first rule of reason is the law of nature... Consequently, every human law has just so much of the nature of law as it is derived from the law of nature. But if in any point it deflects from the law of nature, it is no longer a law but a perversion of law.
---St. Thomas Aquinas
イタリアの神学者(1225-74)。 主著は『神学大全』。 (05/11/99)
アクィナスとその前後の哲学については、
哲学史ポッドキャストの243回以降が参考になる。
History of Philosophy Without Gaps: The Thirteenth Century
『神学大全(Summa Theologiae)』の英語版(1947年)は以下から読める。
St. Thomas AquinasSumma Theologiae
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