▁this ▁sense ▁had ▁been ▁inherited ▁from ▁the ▁sto ic ▁philosophy , ▁had ▁been ▁rev ived ▁in ▁the ▁tw elf th ▁century , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁finally ▁under ▁its ▁flag ▁that ▁the ▁late ▁Spanish ▁School men ▁developed ▁the ▁found ations ▁of ▁the ▁gen esis ▁and ▁function ing ▁of ▁sp ont ane ously ▁formed ▁social ▁institutions ." ▁The ▁idea ▁that ▁' natural ' ▁was ▁" the ▁product ▁of ▁design ing ▁reason " ▁is ▁a ▁product ▁of ▁a ▁sevent e enth ▁century ▁rational ist ▁re inter pret ation ▁of ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁nature . ▁Luis ▁Mol ina , ▁for ▁example , ▁when ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁' natural ' ▁price , ▁explained ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁" so ▁called ▁because ▁' it ▁results ▁from ▁the ▁thing ▁itself ▁without ▁regard ▁to ▁laws ▁and ▁decre es , ▁but ▁is ▁dependent ▁on ▁many ▁circumstances ▁which ▁alter ▁it , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁sent iments ▁of ▁men , ▁their ▁estimation ▁of ▁different ▁uses , ▁often ▁even ▁in ▁consequence ▁of ▁wh ims ▁and ▁ple asures ". ▁And ▁even ▁John ▁Lock e , ▁when ▁talking ▁about ▁the ▁found ations ▁of ▁natural ▁law ▁and ▁explaining ▁what ▁he ▁thought ▁when ▁cit ing ▁" reason ", ▁said : ▁" By ▁reason , ▁however , ▁I ▁do ▁not ▁think ▁is ▁meant ▁here ▁that ▁fac ulty ▁of ▁the ▁understanding ▁which ▁forms ▁tra int ▁of ▁thought ▁and ▁dedu ces ▁proofs , ▁but ▁certain ▁definite ▁principles ▁of ▁action ▁from ▁which ▁spring ▁all ▁virt ues ▁and ▁whatever ▁is ▁necessary ▁for ▁the ▁proper ▁m ould ing ▁of ▁mor als ." ▁ ▁This ▁anti -