Oops. Forgot the main point. 😉
Law as in natural law of reciprocity – contractualism.
Not ‘rules’ or ‘commands’ from an authority.
Europe retained trifunctionalism. Because it can with law first. China with state-first developed philosophy instead of religion, but failed at law for reasons I’ve explained elsewehre and why Confucius, failing at politics, failing at law, directed civilization to the family and hierarchy of families and harmony. Where law creates adversarial competition for the benefit of the commons seeking utililty at the cost of disruption. Harmony does not tolerate ‘distruption’. The middle east CONFLATED Religion, law and state. And failed at all three.
Reply addressees: @matthewolivan @whatifalthist
Source date (UTC): 2023-11-01 16:11:22 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1719748980320481280
Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1719748174955286632
IN REPLY TO:
Unknown author
No. The Jewish emphasis on scriptural law was a counter-reaction to greco-roman law oncde t hey saw the effect of it. So they resurrected pre-500bc remnants and adopted the use of the law themselves. You will find almost all semitic behavior after the bronze age collapse, is just reaction to the superiority of the social, political, military, and technological advantages of indo europeans whether iranic, anatolian, or european.
Likewise islam is largely the result of a counter-reaction against the Nicean effort to standardize the bible as law, with a law that was intolerable for the arabs and their tribalism. Before nicea christianity was ascendent in the orient.
Original post: https://x.com/i/web/status/1719748174955286632
Leave a Reply