Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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God is related to the universe, as Creator and Preserver the laws by which He created all things are those by which He preserves them.
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I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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