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Aristotle and natural law

By Tony Burns

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2011
ISBN
9781306843959, 1306843952, 9781441107169, 1441107169
Google Books ID
NNiUO--5TmoC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9199871 bytes)
Series
Continuum studies in ancient philosophy.
Pages
225\222
Time added
2017-01-31 19:50:22
Aristotle;Natural law -- Philosophy;LAW -- Essays;

Description

Aristotle and Natural Law lays out a new theoretical approach which distinguishes between the notions of ''interpretation, '' ''appropriation, '' ''negotiation'' and ''reconstruction'' of the meaning of texts and their component concepts. These categories are then deployed in an examination of the role which the concept of natural law is used by Aristotle in a number of key texts. The book argues that Aristotle appropriated the concept of natural law, first formulated by the defenders of naturalism in the ''nature versus convention debate'' in classical Athens. Thereby he contributed to the emer.  Read more...

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