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in ita nature* namely, that mder natural there
em be no justifieation for diati^etiw #f
Thia, however, rests on Mama, agrewaante, whieh is a
mtter of p^itive 1H##' &ua private property is net
oontrary to natural la^s; rather Is it added to natural
las? of $ farther ereatioa of human reae#&^
Another. #aatifiEAtie& by A^inae w&# aa$%. aa the same grounds.
It was & matter of paying things were or were A#t aeeordi^g
to the "natural law"; and an addition to man's power or rea#m,'
positive law, ^a# permitted by the ^natural law** The poei-*
tiea. of the merchant wee justified #r rati^ali%edby Aquinas.
§rigiaally the vi## Md been that a merehant eould
hardly he pleasing to Cbd. la St* Thomas Aquinas
we haw adi^meed^o the *vi#^ ^at tiding ie s#t
neaeaaarily ainful, but he elearly regard# the eall^
ia# of the'tr&d#y ae so beaet with the og
of ain that a man mindful hie ias^rt&l eo^l will
shun lt<^
He held that ** .- * to sell dearer #r hay #heape# than a thing ^
ie worth iw in itself unjust and unlawful" though h# a^itted. .
that slnee the "just price" of things la net absolutely
site but depends Father upon a kind of estimate; slight varia-
tion* iron the just priee eould be peaaitted,^ He ehewed
how strongly ethlea influenced hie vi#a?a en trade when he in* - '
listed that a person knowingly selling an artiele -with a €$*'
feet in it was eoimitting a sin and was morally bound to make .
restitution* It was a sin net to tell a buyer of a eeaeeaied ^
p, 46 w-
B* Plough and 0, W,. Cole, Xeoaoaie Hieto$ry Eurqpe,
p* 68.
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Pearson, John E. The Development of the Theory of Economic Law Prior to Classical Economics, thesis, 1948; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83429/m1/33/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .