39. [CONCERNING MEN AND BEASTS]* That man is viler than the beasts; of himself he does not know the laws of order and of society but must learn them. * This is evidently the passage referred to in WE n. 5384, written July 11 Old Style, 1746:
"... the Law in internals is inscribed on everything, there being nothing in the universe that does not have this law inscribed upon it. What thing is there in the universe and in every part of the universe that does not carry order within itself: and if order, then also law ... As regards man, on him alone does it appear that it is not inscribed, for man is born viler than the brute. See below at the end of this Tome (III)."
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