▁this ▁passage ▁to ▁be ▁wrong . ▁Arist ot le ' s ▁pat ern ity ▁of ▁natural ▁law ▁tradition ▁is ▁consequ ently ▁disput ed . ▁ ▁Sto ic ▁natural ▁law ▁ ▁The ▁development ▁of ▁this ▁tradition ▁of ▁natural ▁justice ▁into ▁one ▁of ▁natural ▁law ▁is ▁usually ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁Sto ics . ▁The ▁rise ▁of ▁natural ▁law ▁as ▁a ▁universal ▁system ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁large ▁emp ires ▁and ▁kingdom s ▁in ▁the ▁Greek ▁world . ▁Where as ▁the ▁" high er " ▁law ▁that ▁Arist ot le ▁suggested ▁one ▁could ▁appeal ▁to ▁was ▁em ph atically ▁natural , ▁in ▁contrad ist inction ▁to ▁being ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁divine ▁positive ▁legisl ation , ▁the ▁Sto ic ▁natural ▁law ▁was ▁ind ifferent ▁to ▁either ▁the ▁natural ▁or ▁divine ▁source ▁of ▁the ▁law : ▁the ▁Sto ics ▁assert ed ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁a ▁rational ▁and ▁purpose ful ▁order ▁to ▁the ▁universe ▁( a ▁divine ▁or ▁et ernal ▁law ), ▁and ▁the ▁means ▁by ▁which ▁a ▁rational ▁being ▁lived ▁in ▁accord ance ▁with ▁this ▁order ▁was ▁the ▁natural ▁law , ▁which ▁inspired ▁actions ▁that ▁accord ed ▁with ▁virtue . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁English ▁historian ▁A . ▁J . ▁Car ly le ▁( 1 8 6 1 – 1 9 4 3 ) ▁notes : ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁change ▁in ▁political ▁theory ▁so ▁start ling ▁in ▁its ▁comple ten ess ▁as ▁the ▁change ▁from ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁Arist ot le ▁to ▁the ▁later ▁philosoph ical ▁view ▁represented ▁by ▁Cic ero ▁and ▁Sen eca   ... ▁We