For us, “universalia ante rem”, which are prior to things, have the same nature as “universalia in re”, which, for our knowledge, manifest themselves through phenomena and therefore become intelligible as concepts in the form of “universalia post rem”.
Concepts derive from ideas that manifest themselves in phenomena: this could be the formula of our empirical-ideal realism.
Likewise, we understand law as a “universalis ante rem”, that is, as an original spiritual reality that shapes the entire phenomenal world of legal life;
and as an animating force operating in every phenomenon of that same life, and thus “universalis in re”;
and finally, as the origin, essence, and content of the concepts about law that arise in our minds based on experience and the corresponding intuition: “universalis post rem”.
For us, “universalia ante rem”, which are prior to things, have the same nature as “universalia in re”, which, for our knowledge, manifest themselves through phenomena and therefore become intelligible as concepts in the form of “universalia post rem”.
Concepts derive from ideas that manifest themselves in phenomena: this could be the formula of our empirical-ideal realism.
Likewise, we understand law as a “universalis ante rem”, that is, as an original spiritual reality that shapes the entire phenomenal world of legal life;
and as an animating force operating in every phenomenon of that same life, and thus “universalis in re”;
and finally, as the origin, essence, and content of the concepts about law that arise in our minds based on experience and the corresponding intuition: “universalis post rem”.
I like this Blaise Pascal mode.😅🫶