"The hierarchy of dignity must not be confused with the hierarchy of jurisdiction. Such confusion, far from being homage to the order established by God among things, is a violation of it: and it is this confusion that allows “cupiditas” to prevail, which in philosophy means the opposite of justice, and in theology means the will perverted by sin. Therefore, recognition of the autonomy of orders is the authentic form of respect for the order established by God, or for the sovereignty of God himself."
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Augusto Del Noce, Dante e il nostro problema metapolitico in L'Europa, V, 30 aprile 1971; and also Augusto Del Noce, F. Mercadante, A. Tarantino, B. Casadei (editors), Rivoluzione Risorgimento Tradizione, Milano, 1993, p. 324. Reported in 30Giorni.it, article n.° 13074
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Augusto Del Noce
Augusto Del Noce (11 August 1910 – 30 December 1989) was an Italian philosopher and politician.
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