(April 5, 2017 at 11:13 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(April 4, 2017 at 12:05 am)Jehanne Wrote: http://www.newadvent.org/summa/2092.htm
I don't think you are reading that correctly. Aquinas is most definitely not saying that human rights come from earthly rulers. Notice how he referes to "true good" and "divine justice" and how someone can be good with respect to the ruler but still in opposition to Divine justice. Human rights are grounded not in the ruler's whim but in the Divine good to the extent that it comes through the ruler.
I don't care what he said. If I had a nickle for every Christian apologist who said "He was really smart" I'd make Bill Gates look like a broke homeless person. Every religion has members who like to point to their "smart people".
Aquinas doesn't point to any god, just like you don't accept it when others of other religions point to their historical figures.
