Cicero · Politics

True Law and Right Reason

Cicero’s doctrine of natural law - that there is one eternal, universal law, grounded in reason and nature, above all human enactments, binding all people and all nations alike.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned Cicero’s doctrine of a true, eternal law grounded in reason and nature, above all human laws. Twelve centuries later, Aquinas wove this into the great Christian synthesis of natural law. State how Aquinas developed it.

Leads to Aquinas.

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