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Quotation from Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I) by Richard Hooker
“All things that are, have some operation not violent or casual.”
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I), Book I, ch. II (Everyman's Library printing, Internet Archive OCR text)
The first step of Hooker's definition of law: every being acts toward an end according to some rule.
Citation: "All things that are, have some operation not violent or casual." — Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I), Book I, ch. II (Everyman's Library printing, Internet Archive OCR text). (id hooker-laws-of-ecclesiastical-polity-q4)
Portrait: Wenceslas Hollar - Richard Hooker (State 1), Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain.
