Trivium
Aquinas: Treatise on LawGrade 8dialectic Stage

What Is Law?

The Text

What You'll Learn

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Comprehension

Recalls Aquinas's claim: law is something pertaining to reason

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Cause & Consequence

Explains why law must be an ordinance of reason (not mere will)

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Meaning

Connects to implications for tyrannical law (commands that lack reason)

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Defense

Identifies what is strongest about the counterargument

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