PRAVNI ZNAČAJ ANTITEZE FIZIS - NOMOS U FILOZOFIJI SOFISTA
LEGAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SOPHISTS’ PHYSIS - NOMOS ANTITHESIS

Summary/Abstract: The opposition between physis and nomos was introduced by the philosophers of ancient Greece from the period of late sixth century until the beginning of the fourth century B.C. - the Sophists. In fact, the opposition itself arises from the content of these terms. The first one indicates nature and the second one law or rule by which people live. The human individual belongs to nature and, at the same time, is subject to the law or rule. Very often everything natural cannot be considered as acceptable to society, while the laws and rules bring everyone at the same level. Thus, being stronger does not necessarily imply being better and smarter. The Sophists established the moment when all natural in human individual was put in the second place, and all social and legal came in the first place. This is significant for the law science. The opposition between physis and nomos affects and is related to the legal values such as order, freedom, truth, justice and, as a social component of human being, influences the state creation.

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