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Quotation from The Rights of War and Peace (Book I) by Hugo Grotius

“Thus two and two must make four, nor is it possible to be otherwise; nor, again, can what is really evil not be evil.”

Hugo Grotius (spoken by Grotius)

The Rights of War and Peace (Book I), Book I, ch. I, §X, trans. A. C. Campbell (1814)

Portrait of Hugo Grotius

Natural law is unchangeable even by God, whose power does not extend to what would imply a contradiction.

Citation: "Thus two and two must make four, nor is it possible to be otherwise; nor, again, can what is really evil not be evil." — Hugo Grotius, The Rights of War and Peace (Book I), Book I, ch. I, §X, trans. A. C. Campbell (1814). (id grotius-rights-of-war-and-peace-q4)

Portrait: Portret van Hugo de Groot (1583-1645) Rijksmuseum SK-A-581, Workshop of Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Public domain.

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