
Strauss' Natural Right and History, Part 1
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The Origin of Natural Right
Ahab wants Naboth's property, but Naboth refuses it saying the Lord had forbidden it to me that I'm allowed to give it away. But what happens in this case is that Ahab's wife, Queen Jezebel, kills him and Ahab takes his vineyard. So he's technically the, he hasn't violated the prohibition of giving away his inheritance because he's been axed. That's a war. Could you, is that helpful? Yeah, it's very helpful. Look, I've written a little bit on chapter, the chapter you were talking about, about the origin of natural right. And I think that there is, I mean, this Jerusalem Athens
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