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== Political Philosophy ==

== Political Philosophy ==

Unlike many conservatives, Thomas Aquinas did not strenuously uphold the intrinsic merit of property rights and the Biblical prohibition on theft. Of theft, he wrote that "It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: Because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need."<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=6IocPeCoVFgC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=It+is+not+theft,+properly+speaking,+to+take+secretly+and+use+another%27s+property+in+a+case+of+extreme+need:+Because+that+which+he+takes+for+the+support+of+his+life+becomes+his+own+property+by+reason+of+that+need&source=bl&ots=E_BgCJN47l&sig=VbAU1bJaaGVd9-61oRcm4q_eMBg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7g92OpfPWAhVL9IMKHWvSA0kQ6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=It%20is%20not%20theft%2C%20properly%20speaking%2C%20to%20take%20secretly%20and%20use%20another's%20property%20in%20a%20case%20of%20extreme%20need%3A%20Because%20that%20which%20he%20takes%20for%20the%20support%20of%20his%20life%20becomes%20his%20own%20property%20by%20reason%20of%20that%20need&f=false</ref>

Unlike many conservatives, Thomas Aquinas did not strenuously uphold the intrinsic merit of property rights and the Biblical prohibition on theft. Of theft, he wrote that "It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: Because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need."<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=6IocPeCoVFgC&pg=PA42&lpg=PA42&dq=It+is+not+theft,+properly+speaking,+to+take+secretly+and+use+another%27s+property+in+a+case+of+extreme+need:+Because+that+which+he+takes+for+the+support+of+his+life+becomes+his+own+property+by+reason+of+that+need&source=bl&ots=E_BgCJN47l&sig=VbAU1bJaaGVd9-61oRcm4q_eMBg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj7g92OpfPWAhVL9IMKHWvSA0kQ6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=It%20is%20not%20theft%2C%20properly%20speaking%2C%20to%20take%20secretly%20and%20use%20another's%20property%20in%20a%20case%20of%20extreme%20need%3A%20Because%20that%20which%20he%20takes%20for%20the%20support%20of%20his%20life%20becomes%20his%20own%20property%20by%20reason%20of%20that%20need&f=false</ref> In another statement foreshadowing later [[socialist]] arguments, Aquinas claimed that "In cases of need all things are common property, so that there would seem to be no sin in taking another's property, for need has made it common."<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3066.htm</ref>

== In literature ==

== In literature ==