The Natural Law: A Study in Legal and Social History and Philosophy

by Heinrich A. Rommen

Overview

Originally published in German in 1936, The Natural Law is the first work to clarify the differences between traditional natural law as represented in the writings of Cicero, Aquinas, and Hooker and the revolutionary doctrines of natural rights espoused by Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau.

Heinrich A. Rommen (1897–1967) taught in Germany and England before concluding his distinguished scholarly career at Georgetown University.

Russell Hittinger is William K. Warren Professor of Catholic Studies and Research Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614871798
Publisher:	Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/24/1998
Series:	NONE
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	316
File size:	473 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Preface x Acknowledgments xiii 1. Perfection and Perfectibility 1
2. From Olympus to the Form of the Good 29
3. The Godlike Man: Aristotle to Plotinus 58
4. Christianity Rejects Perfection: The Elements 96
5. Pelagius and His Critics 138
6. Perfectibility Within Christianity: The Ascetico-Mystical Tradition 174
7. Perfectibility Within Christianity: Protestant and Heretical 202
8. Perfecting by Social Action: The Presuppositions 226
9. Governmentalists, Anarchists, and Geneticists 262
10. The Perfecting of Man by Scientific Progress 295
11. Progress by Natural Development: From Joachim to Marx 332
12. Progress by Natural Development: From Darwin to Teilhard 378
13. Perfect on Renounced: The Dystopians 413
14. Mysticism and Humanity 453
15. The New Mysticism: Paradise Now 479 Subject Index 513
Name and Title Index 521