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provisions there from. If these provisions were gathered justly, dissensions would
have ceased and the jurists would have become idle, but since men have with
greed gathered their provisions, dissensions ensued and consequently the need
for a magistrate to rule them arose. In turn the magistrate felt the need for a
canon with which to govern the people. It is the jurist, though, who has the
knowledge of the rules of government and the methods of mediation between the
people whenever, because of their greed, they contend. He thus becomes the
teacher of the magistrates and their guide in government and control, that
through their righteousness the affairs of men in this world may be set in order.
Upon my life I declare that jurisprudence is also connected with religion, not
directly but indirectly through the affairs of this world, because this world is the
preparation for the Hereafter, and there is no religion without it. Furthermore, the
state and religion are twins. Religion is the foundation while the state is the
guard. That, which has no foundation will certainly crumble and that, which has
no guard is lost. Without the magistrates there is neither government nor control,
and the correct way to settle dissensions is through law. And as government by
magistrates does not belong primarily to the science of religion but is an adjunct
to that without, which there is not religion, so is the knowledge of the manner of
have ceased and the jurists would have become idle, but since men have with
greed gathered their provisions, dissensions ensued and consequently the need
for a magistrate to rule them arose. In turn the magistrate felt the need for a
canon with which to govern the people. It is the jurist, though, who has the
knowledge of the rules of government and the methods of mediation between the
people whenever, because of their greed, they contend. He thus becomes the
teacher of the magistrates and their guide in government and control, that
through their righteousness the affairs of men in this world may be set in order.
Upon my life I declare that jurisprudence is also connected with religion, not
directly but indirectly through the affairs of this world, because this world is the
preparation for the Hereafter, and there is no religion without it. Furthermore, the
state and religion are twins. Religion is the foundation while the state is the
guard. That, which has no foundation will certainly crumble and that, which has
no guard is lost. Without the magistrates there is neither government nor control,
and the correct way to settle dissensions is through law. And as government by
magistrates does not belong primarily to the science of religion but is an adjunct
to that without, which there is not religion, so is the knowledge of the manner of