The Difference Between the General and the Absolute in the Principles of Jurisprudence
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What is the difference between the general and the absolute in the principles of jurisprudence?
The difference between them in their very natures: The general includes all its individuals by way of generality and comprehensiveness, whereas the absolute covers all its individuals by way of substitution, not by way of comprehensiveness and generality. Substitution means, for example,If you say: "Free a slave," this is absolute, so whichever slave you free, the compliance is achieved,Generality, for example, if I say to you: "Free the slaves," here you must free all the slaves; one is not sufficient. This is the difference in their very natures.
And if we say, for example: "Do not honor a student,"It includes all students, meaning: "Do not honor any student,"And if you say: "Honor a student," one is sufficient. So the generality of that one is comprehensiveness, and the generality of this one is substitution. This is the difference.
The difference between them in their very natures: The general includes all its individuals by way of generality and comprehensiveness, whereas the absolute covers all its individuals by way of substitution, not by way of comprehensiveness and generality. Substitution means, for example,If you say: "Free a slave," this is absolute, so whichever slave you free, the compliance is achieved,Generality, for example, if I say to you: "Free the slaves," here you must free all the slaves; one is not sufficient. This is the difference in their very natures.
And if we say, for example: "Do not honor a student,"It includes all students, meaning: "Do not honor any student,"And if you say: "Honor a student," one is sufficient. So the generality of that one is comprehensiveness, and the generality of this one is substitution. This is the difference.