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Originally Posted by Welpe
Mbyron will be sure to correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Aristotle was talking about law in its pure, unadulterated form.
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Not here to correct anyone. You might be interested in the previous 2 sentences (in a slightly different translation), where Aristotle is considering the difference between human rulers and the rule of law:
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Originally Posted by Aristotle's Politics
Anyone who instructs LAW to rule would seem to be asking GOD and the understanding alone to rule; whereas someone who asks a human being asks a wild beast as well. For appetite is like a wild beast, and passion perverts rulers even when they are the best men. That is precisely why law is understanding without desire.
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