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Ulpian’s Influence on Aquinas’s Natural Law

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Ulpian was an influential name in the history of Roman law and beyond. His definition of Natural Law, while a source of some controversy in the thirteenth century, greatly influenced St. Thomas Aquinas’s own definition. This paper explores that influence, its origins, and its implications in Aquinas’s most famous writings.
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Title: Ulpian’s Influence on Aquinas’s Natural Law
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Ulpian was an influential name in the history of Roman law and beyond.
His definition of Natural Law, while a source of some controversy in the thirteenth century, greatly influenced St.
Thomas Aquinas’s own definition.
This paper explores that influence, its origins, and its implications in Aquinas’s most famous writings.

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