ot le , ▁Cic ero , ▁Sen eca , ▁Ep ict et us , ▁and ▁the ▁Apost le ▁Paul . ▁He ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁Hob bes ' s ▁reduction ▁of ▁natural ▁law ▁to ▁self - pres ervation ▁and ▁Hob bes ' s ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁nature , ▁but ▁drew ▁posit ively ▁on ▁ ▁Hugo ▁Gro ti us ' s ▁De ▁j ure ▁bel li ▁ac ▁pac is , ▁Francisco ▁Su á rez ' s ▁T ract atus ▁de ▁leg ibus ▁ac ▁de o ▁leg is lat ore , ▁and ▁John ▁Sel den ' s ▁De ▁j ure ▁natur ali ▁et ▁gent ium ▁ju xt a ▁discipl in am ▁E bra e orum . ▁ ▁As ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁th ir teenth ▁century , ▁it ▁was ▁held ▁that ▁" the ▁law ▁of ▁nature ... is ▁the ▁ground ▁of ▁all ▁laws " ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁Chan cell or ▁and ▁Jud ges ▁that ▁" it ▁is ▁required ▁by ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁nature ▁that ▁every ▁person , ▁before ▁he ▁can ▁be ▁pun ish ' d , ▁ought ▁to ▁be ▁present ; ▁and ▁if ▁absent ▁by ▁cont um acy , ▁he ▁ought ▁to ▁be ▁sum mon ed ▁and ▁make ▁default ". F ort . ▁ 2 0 6 ▁Further , ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 4 , ▁we ▁find ▁it ▁held ▁that ▁" pro ceed ings ▁in ▁our ▁Cour ts ▁are ▁founded ▁upon ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁England , ▁and ▁that ▁law ▁is ▁again ▁founded ▁upon ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁nature ▁and ▁the ▁revealed ▁law ▁of ▁God .