In a scientific culture immersed in theism, it was unproblematic, even natural, to think of physical laws as rules.
It wasn’t just theism that made talk of natural law seem warranted. Many of the pioneers of the scientific revolution (as much as there was such a thing) were, in fact, lawyers.
It wasn’t just theism that made talk of natural law seem warranted. Many of the pioneers of the scientific revolution (as much as there was such a thing) were, in fact, lawyers.