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The Code of Hammurabi
Although the boundaries of law affect our lives on a daily basis,
and our own society continually uses legal coercion as a means to modify
human behavior, the very notion of such binding human guidelines is
testament to the evolution of secular thought. The evolution of “legal
positivism,” which can be defined ....
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.... co-habitation of secular life and vernacular authority. The source
of authority in Egypt, pharaoh god-kings, were the embodiment of human body
and divine spirit, hence, no distinction existed between secular and human
coexistence in ancient Egypt. Because “gods” and humans both existed on
the same earthly plane, ancient Egyptians were unable to distinguish
between the disparate concepts of secular and vernacular authority.
Egyptians believed their pharaohs to be gods, and worshipped them
accordingly.
"Oho! Oho! Rise up, O Teti!/ Take your head ....
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