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Was St. Thomas Aquinas an Anarchist?

Was St. Thomas Aquinas an Anarchist?

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Christopher Cook
Mar 25, 2024
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Consider the following quote from Aquinas:

“Human law is law only by virtue of its accordance with right reason; and thus it is manifest that it flows from the eternal law. And in so far as it deviates from right reason it is called an unjust law; in such case it is no law at all, but rather a species of violence.”

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