POLS-Y 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Polynices, Eteocles
Document Summary
Legal practices and theoretical considerations - four conclusions. Distinguishing between natural law and positive law. Establishing relation between natural law and positive law. In human affairs chance is almost everything (beyond control of a mortal man) God governs all things (their are some inevitable god-given/divine (natural) laws) The true legislator must from time to time appear on the scene (man-made (positive) laws) A civil war has divided two brothers: one of them dies in attacking thebes (polyneices), the other its defense (eteocles). If the body is not buried properly (covered with soil), the soul of the deceased will not find the repose in heaven. Antigone, the dead brothers" sister, disobeys creon, buries polyneices, and is arrested she explains to creon why she disobeyed him. Legal (not moral) conclusion: dualism between nature and convention. Some aspects of life are not subject to the fixed, divine, natural rules, regulations.
