Who contrasted the rule of law with the rule of individuals and described law as reason free from…
Aristotle makes the point in Politics, book III, chapter 16. The wording varies by translation. The contrast is between legal reason and the effects of appetite or passion…
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Who contrasted the rule of law with the rule of individuals and described law as reason free from passion?
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Aristotle makes the point in Politics, book III, chapter 16.
The wording varies by translation. The contrast is between legal reason and the effects of appetite or passion on rulers.
Option feedback
Option A
The relevant passage is in Aristotle's Politics, rather than a source attributable to Socrates.
Option B
Plato also discussed government under law, but the passage described is in Aristotle's Politics.
Option C
The statement is from Aristotle's account of the rule of law, rather than Pound's jurisprudence.
Option D
In Politics, Aristotle contrasts law with rulers whose judgments may be distorted by desire or passion.
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