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2 timestamped hits 1 source reading 2 extracted notes Aliases: human-laws

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Human LAW

Jiang presents Antigone as arguing that human laws must conform to justice and cannot simply become legitimate because a ruler commands them.

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Interpretive claim about Antigone stated on 2024-10-17.

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Jiang presents Antigone as arguing that human laws must conform to justice and cannot simply become legitimate because a ruler commands them.

Interpretive claim about Antigone stated on 2024-10-17.

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Jiang presents Antigone's principle as divine, unwritten, immutable justice that human laws cannot override.

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Tragedy Makes Democracy Face Itself

2024-10-17, day precision · Civilization #9: Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides as Prophets of Democracy

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"...are divine, unwritten, and immutable. And we must respect these laws. Human laws cannot override these laws of justice. Okay? And this makes Creon..."

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