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Aspects of the Straussian critique of Aquinas
| Summary: | Leo Strauss and his disciplines criticise Aquinas on various grounds and openly disregard his natural law theory. They accuse him of conceiving natural right in maximally universalist terms, so that all legal codes deemed just will necessarily share the same legal framework, a scenario with which the Straussians are clearly uncomfortable. Taking notice of their criticism, the present text explores the relationship established in the Summa theologica between natural right and ius gentium, that basic collection of legal arrangements that was considered to be shared by all peoples. |
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| Main Authors: | Loureiro, João Diogo |
| Subject: | Tomás de Aquino ius gentium Leo Strauss Direito natural Aquinas ius gentium Leo Strauss Natural law |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | unknown |
| Associated institution: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Origin: | Revista Filosófica de Coimbra |
| Summary: | Leo Strauss and his disciplines criticise Aquinas on various grounds and openly disregard his natural law theory. They accuse him of conceiving natural right in maximally universalist terms, so that all legal codes deemed just will necessarily share the same legal framework, a scenario with which the Straussians are clearly uncomfortable. Taking notice of their criticism, the present text explores the relationship established in the Summa theologica between natural right and ius gentium, that basic collection of legal arrangements that was considered to be shared by all peoples. |
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