Country name: Libya
Population: 7,017,224
Government type:Transitional
GDP per capita: $15,174
Life expectancy:76.93 years
Chief of state: Chairman, Presidential Council, Mohammed Al Menfi
Head of government: Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
Population below poverty line: Estimated at about 1/3
Interesting Item: The Libyan Desert may go decades between rainfall.
Thomas Aquinas is credited as one of the greatest proponents of natural law. During his time in Cologne he was taught by Albertus Magnus. Magnus used the teachings of Aristotle in his mentorship of Thomas Aquinas.
Samuel Adams believed in American Independence from Great Britain. He is one of the most well know Son's of Liberty. On August 1, 1776 he gave a speech to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
This month this community will focus on Natural Law. What is Natural Law? How is it applied in real world situations? What are the alternatives to Natural Law? These are some of the issues that will be discussed this month.
“Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.”
Lord Acton
