When1: 1597
When2: 1612
Who: Francisco Suarez [Suarez, Francisco]
What: priest
Where: Coimbra, Spain
works\ Metaphysical Discussions [1597: about being and the idea of being]; On Laws [1612]
Detail: He lived 1548 to 1617 and was Jesuit.
People use reason to choose right from wrong under obligation to God.
Law
Law is about will of superior commanding obligation from inferiors. Laws can be natural, divine, human, and eternal. Human laws require compliance, require payment for non-compliance, grant privileges, and grant authority and legitimacy.
Metaphysics
Reality is individual essences expressed in entities.
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