Sentence examples for philosophical law from inspiring English sources

Thelema is a philosophical law which has been adopted as a central tenet by some religious organizations.

And one category of Thelemites are non-religious, and simply adhere to the philosophical law of Thelema.

It teaches people not to question; it sets out a set of moral and philosophical laws, and demands that they are not questioned.

Among Ciceronian poets are Catullus, the first master of the Latin love lyric, and Lucretius, who contemplated the origins of the universe and the scientific and philosophical laws that govern it in the long didactic poem De rerum natura ("On the Nature of Things").

So philosophers of law need a good philosophical understanding of the meaning and use of language.

The movie is simultaneously a police procedural, an analysis of language and imagery, a philosophical debate about law and justice, and a very, very dry Romanian Martini — so dry that, at first, one doesn't quite taste much of anything.

Many scholars credit Hobbes as the founder of legal positivism, the dominant philosophical theory of law since the 17th century.

The activities of judges and practicing lawyers were therefore, for the first time, given pride of place in constructing a philosophical theory of law.

But we might well ask why, when discrimination legislation has moved forward so as to encompass arguably non-traditional philosophical beliefs, the law should look to the requirements of scripture as they pertain to religions rather than individuals' own interpretation and subjective beliefs.

Two areas of philosophical interest in law and language result.

To decide whether or not the boundary conditions are lawlike based merely on current philosophical theories of law is to prejudge the issue.