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which all' pure minds accept, whether it be called Christian or Jewish, Mohammedan or Hindu, Greet or Roman?
Are there several codes ?
Is the essence of morality one everywhere or various, as men conceive it ?
Is morality a creature of rules and regulations and human formulations ?
Is it not rather the soul of right, or the conscience of right, implanted or breathed into humanity and into the universe by the Infinite Creator ? | What is moral law ? Who shall define it ? What authority shall interpret it ?
It goes without saying that whatever it is and wherever it is, it is obligatory on all. But where will you search for it outside of yourself.
Is it something independent of your consciousness, lying somewhere hidden, waiting to be discovered ?
If it is not found within you, where shall you look for it ?
Fichte, the German philosopher, says that "the formal law of morals,” is this:
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