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On the Law of War and Peace

by Hugo Grotius · 1625

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But as in those early times, when men were few, and aggressions rare, there was less occasion for examples, God restrained by an express commandment the impulse of nature which appeared lawful, he forbad any one to kill the murderer, at the same time prohibiting all intercourse with him, even so far as not to touch him.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thiseconomicseconomicsMore like thisLess of this
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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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moralitymoralityMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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17th century17th centuryMore like thisLess of this18th century18th centuryMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 3 pages

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