Les fondements naturels de la loi divine dans l’œuvre de Rabbi Josef Albo

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyze the concepts of natural law, political law, and divine law in the thought of Rabbi Josef Albo. The article concludes that according to R. Albo, the true divine law has something natural. Humans can understand by themselves that natural law is not developed enough to assure their needs. They can comprehend as well that only divine law can be a good political law, and thus they draw the natural conclusion that they need divine revelation and divine law.