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<p>The Protestant reception both of Aristotle and of the concept of natural law have been the object of renewed attention. The present article aims at a cross-fertilization of these two recoveries: did a specifically Aristotelian approach to natural law (among other important sources) play a significant role in classical Protestant thought? The article answers this question by means of a review of the Protestant commentaries on Aristotle’s natural law-passage in <italic>Nicomachean Ethics</italic> V, 7. Reformation and post-Reformation scholars sometimes offered original readings of this text, but above all they cultivated the various approaches to the passage that had been developed during the medieval period.</p>
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The Protestant reception both of Aristotle and of the concept of natural law have been the object of renewed attention. The present article aims at a cross-fertilization of these two recoveries: did a specifically Aristotelian approach to natural law (among other important sources) play a significant role in classical Protestant thought? The article answers this question by means of a review of the Protestant commentaries on Aristotle’s natural law-passage in Nicomachean Ethics V, 7. Reformation and post-Reformation scholars sometimes offered original readings of this text, but above all they cultivated the various approaches to the passage that had been developed during the medieval period.

The Aristotelian Conception of Natural Law and Its Reception in Early Protestant Commentaries on the <italic>Nicomachean Ethics</italic>

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The Aristotelian Conception of Natural Law and Its Reception in Early Protestant Commentaries on the 

The Protestant reception both of Aristotle and of the concept of natural law have been the object of renewed attention. The present article aims at a...

The Aristotelian Conception of Natural Law and Its Reception in Early Protestant Commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics

Published Online: May 09, 2022

Page range: 3 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2022-0007

Keywords
Aristotle, Natural Law, Melanchthon, Velsius

© 2022 Manfred Svensson, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Aristotelian Conception of Natural Law and Its Reception in Early Protestant Commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics

Published Online: May 09, 2022

Page range: 3 - 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2022-0007

KeywordsAristotle, Natural Law, Melanchthon, Velsius

© 2022 Manfred Svensson, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Aristotle, Natural Law, Melanchthon, Velsius