Law: an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the… — St. Thomas Aquinas
Law: an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
In the original Latin
Definitio legis, quae nihil est aliud quam quaedam rationis ordinatio ad bonum commune, ab eo qui curam communitatis habet, promulgata.
Summa Theologicae · 1273
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Saint Thomas Aquinus. The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Provinc. Christian Classics, 1981, pt. 1-2.
Original citation
Saint Thomas Aquinus. Summa Theologica. c. 1274, pt. 1-2.