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Herbert Read

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature.

Herbert Read

Nature

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Herbert Read is saying that modern anarchism does not come from ancient Roman legal systems but is instead founded on natural laws that exist independently of human-made states. He distinguishes these natural laws from the idea of a "state of nature," implying anarchism is based on inherent principles rather than a pre-political condition.

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