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Primary sources of law are defined as “the sources that provide the actual law” (pg. 588). Another source of the law are secondary sources. Secondary sources consist of legal dictionaries, legal encyclopedias, legal forms books, periodicals, digests, treatises, and citators. Secondary sources are defined as “Tools used to understand the law” (pg. 590). When conducting legal research for a case, secondary sources would be utilized to gain a better understanding in areas of the law the researcher…

Martin Luther wrote the Freedom of a Christian in 1520. This work expressed the heart and soul of Luther’s treatise on Christian liberty in which he sets forth the essence of Christian faith and life. One of the main points in this treatise is Luther’s attempt to distinguish the different parts of the human person. His theory rests on the belief that everyone is made up of two parts; the inner spiritual person and the outer bodily person. Luther shows how the inner soul of a person is…

The state of nature is a theory used in moral and political philosophy, belief, social contract theories and universal law in order to specify the estimated circumstances regarding what humanity was like before societies came into existence. Locke and Hobbes were both social contract theorists and shared a similarity of both being interested in natural law. Natural law theorists anticipated that under natures circumstances, man was measured as a social animal. However, Hobbes differed from the…

ideas in mind, our founding fathers felt that their lack of representation in Britain’s Parliament was unfair and failed to protect their rights. Goldie (2004) says, “When the American newspapers of the 1760s denounced George III they quoted the Two Treatises. Governments, wrote Locke, may not 'levy taxes on the people' without 'the consent...of their representatives” (para. 3). This idea of the right of revolution was the foundation of the American Revolution. After the war, the thirteen…

How can human beings know anything at all? How should they attempt to live their lives? Locke generally sought to answer these questions during his intellectual life (Dunn, 2003). Through the course of this essay, we will consider, what the state of nature is from Locke’s perspective and how this is so vastly different from Hobbes, what are the so-called ‘problems’ contained in the state of nature according to Locke, what are Locke’s reasons for leaving the state of nature, and finally what are…

Eleanor worked with her daughter, Marie of Champagne, to develop and introduce the work of Andreas Capellanus in the twelfth century. An instructional treatise on noble romance, De arte honeste amandi, or The Art of Courtly Love, offers a formula for love and lists multiple approaches to relationships. Capellanus’ title, now translated as “courtly love”, actually addressed what he described as “honest love”…

Courtly love was a pervasive concept that flourished during the middle ages. Although there is much debate on whether or not courtly love actually existed, its legacy is still evoked in popular culture today. Moreover, many of the basic principles that govern courtly love, such as notions of “the perfect gentleman”, continue to resonate with us. So were descriptions of courtly love in romances and poetry realistic depictions of the interactions between men and women during the middle ages?…

3.4 - Heavens Historians Good afternoon gentlemen and welcome to Heavens Historians for September of 1681. I hope that you are all enjoying your deliciously cooked meals of orange salad, smoked tongue, and roast quail. You can thank Plato for the meal, he thought of this meal and therefore, it exists now in our stomachs! Anyway, this week we have a very special speaker. I am sure you have heard of this man, I mean who hasn’t? I’ll give you a hint, he is often called “the founder of modern…

The United States outlined John Locke's concept of private property as an inalienable right. The notion is from Locke's Second Treatise of Government from the 17th century. Yet, many Americans do not know that or are not interested. This notion and Locke's theories can provide a better understanding of our government. As well as help regulate American government so true freedom and equality take place. Americans have accepted the notion that we have the right to the fruit of our labor. The…

Mary Wollstonecraft, often known as the “founding mother of feminism,” was a writer known for her works pertaining to women’s rights. Her beliefs and book, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, were seen as controversial and bold because it was written during a time where women were limited in their freedoms and rights. Due to her personal experiences feeling subservient to males in her role as a woman and observations of how society viewed women, Wollstonecraft advocated for various educational…