古典自然法哲学思想与近代西方宪政的关系

Relationship Between Classic Philosophic Thought of Natural Law and Western Constitutional Polity of Modern Age

古典自然法思想的起源可追溯至古希腊柏拉图、亚里士多德以及古罗马西塞罗等人的思想之中,其所倡导的天赋人权、社会契约、人民主权、分权、法治等原则构成了近代西方宪政的基本架构。某种意义上说,正是古典自然法学的繁荣造就了近代西方之宪政。

The classic philosophic thought of natural law originates from those of Plato, Aristotle of ancient Greece, and Cicero of ancient Rome, who advocated the principles of the inherent human rights, social covenant, sovereignty of the people, separation of powers, rule of law, which constitute the fundamental framework of western constitutional polity of modem age. To sone extent, it is the prosperity of the classic natural law that gives birth to the western constitutional polity of modem age.