18 sentences with 'laws'

• « Physics studies nature and the laws that govern it. »

• « Physics is a science that studies the fundamental laws of the universe and nature. »

• « The laws of ecology help us better understand the cycles of life in all ecosystems. »

• « The epic poem narrated heroic feats and epic battles that defied the laws of nature. »

• « Physics is a science that studies the laws that govern the universe and natural phenomena. »

• « The Persians standardised laws and issued regular coins in both silver and gold. »

• « Everywhere, the Greeks became a new elite class, establishing Greek laws and Greek buildings and services. »

• « Finally, there was the great empire of Hammurabi (which lasted from 1792 to 1595 BC), the author of the code of laws mentioned above. »

• « Eventually the Greeks banished Dracon, repealed "his" laws, cancelled all debts, emancipated debt slaves and created a new, less severe civil code. »

• « Athens stationed troops in garrisons in other cities and forced the cities to adopt new laws, regulations and taxes, all in order to keep money flowing to Athens. »

• « When the laws came to light, many Greeks were scandalized by them: petty theft was punishable by death, and if someone could not pay his debts, he fell into slavery. »

• « Under the two kings there was a smaller council that issued laws and a great council made up of all male Spartans over the age of 30 who approved or rejected the laws proposed by the council. »

• « Plato claimed that politics and ethics were also like this, with the Form of Justice replacing "real" laws and courts, but existing in the intellectual realm as something for philosophers to contemplate. »

• « In an oligarchy, anyone with enough money could hold office, laws were written and known to all free citizens, and even the poorest citizens could vote (though only yes or no) on laws passed by the councils. »

• « The laws speak of a deep concern for fairness: the code sought to protect people from unfair loan conditions, provided redress for property damage, and even made city officials responsible for catching criminals. »

• « He was not only concerned with laws, but also with ensuring the economic prosperity of his empire; although it is impossible to know how sincere he was in this regard, he wanted to be remembered as a kind of benevolent dictator who looked after his subjects. »

• « The adjective comes from Dracon, an Athenian legislator of the 7th century B.C. who published the first written laws of Greece and who is often blamed for their excessive rigor, although he did not invent them: they had been customary among the Greeks for many years. »

• « However, even in polemics where citizens did not directly vote on laws, there was a strong sense of community, from which the concept of civic virtue developed: the idea that the highest moral calling was to place the good of the community above one's own selfish desires. This concept was almost unparalleled in other parts of the ancient world. »

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