Part of: Aquinas Ethicus: or, the Moral Teaching of St. Thomas, 2 vols. Aquinas Ethicus: or, the Moral Teaching of St. Thomas, vol. 1
- St. Thomas Aquinas (author)
- Joseph Rickaby, S.J. (translator)
A translation of the principal portions of the second part of the Summa Theologica.
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Key Quotes
War & Peace
The first thing is the authority of the prince by whose command the war is to be waged. It does not belong to a private person to start a war, for he can prosecute his claim in the court of his superior. In like manner the mustering of the people, that has to be done in wars, does not belong to a…
Law
(A) human law is laid down for a multitude, the majority of whom consists of men not perfect in virtue. And therefore not all the vices from which the virtuous abstain are prohibited by human law, but only those graver excesses from which it is possible for the majority of the multitude to abstain,…
Critical Responses
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The Natural Law: A Study in Legal and Social History and PhilosophyHeinrich A. Rommen
Rommen’s book spells out the differences in conceptions of natural law and natural rights among Aquinas, Cicero, and Hooker. Rommen also includes natural rights and social contract theories from Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau in the conversation.
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Proslogium; Monologium; An Appendix in Behalf of the Fool by Gaunilon; and Cur Deus HomoSidney Norton Deane