Philosophical and legal ideas of antiquity as a source of law

the article is devoted to the analysis of the formation of natural law theories in antiquity. This approach is due to the fact that at present the concept of natural law, on the one hand, is the most popular among researchers, on the other hand, it has not been sufficiently studied. There are many scientific approaches in modern philosophy of law regarding the origin of natural law concepts. When analyzing this phenomenon, they turn to the Enlightenment, which is a tradition of scientific research in the study of this concept. But it should be noted that in the era of antiquity, the first philosophical theories, considering natural law, filled it with a broader ideological meaning than in the Enlightenment. The concept of natural law, developed by the thinkers of the Enlightenment, was prepared by the philosophy of antiquity, and such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and many others. The object of the study is the philosophy of law, the subject of the study is the origins of natural law in the philosophical and legal concepts of antiquity.

natural law, justice, philosophical and legal ideas of antiquity, divine and state laws