Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended												3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019	May 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Nov. 30, 2018	Aug. 31, 2018	May 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Nov. 30, 2017	Aug. 31, 2017	May 30, 2017	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 01, 2020	Nov. 02, 2019	Aug. 03, 2019	May 04, 2019	Feb. 02, 2019	Nov. 03, 2018	Aug. 04, 2018	May 05, 2018	Feb. 01, 2020	Feb. 02, 2019	Feb. 03, 2018
Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract]
Sales													$ 4,413,445	$ 3,849,117	$ 3,979,869	$ 3,796,642	$ 4,107,388	$ 3,549,608	$ 3,737,926	$ 3,588,619	$ 16,039,073	$ 14,983,541	$ 14,134,732
Cost of goods sold													3,224,237	2,766,432	2,843,850	2,701,668	2,989,744	2,547,331	2,666,983	2,522,219	11,536,187	10,726,277	10,042,638
Selling, general and administrative													601,879	604,605	591,970	558,250	575,969	561,577	554,581	524,423	2,356,704	2,216,550	2,043,698
Interest income, net													(3,287)	(4,402)	(4,782)	(5,635)	(5,313)	(2,953)	(1,393)	(503)	(18,106)	(10,162)	7,676
Total costs and expenses													3,822,829	3,366,635	3,431,038	3,254,283	3,560,400	3,105,955	3,220,171	3,046,139	13,874,785	12,932,665	12,094,012
Earnings before taxes													590,616	482,482	548,831	542,359	546,988	443,653	517,755	542,480	2,164,288	2,050,876	2,040,720
Provision for taxes on earnings													134,483	111,550	136,110	121,217	105,295	105,545	128,351	124,228	503,360	463,419	677,967
Net earnings													$ 456,133	$ 370,932	$ 412,721	$ 421,142	$ 441,693	$ 338,108	$ 389,404	$ 418,252	$ 1,660,928	$ 1,587,457	$ 1,362,753	[1]
Earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)													$ 1.29	$ 1.04	$ 1.15	$ 1.16	$ 1.21	$ 0.92	$ 1.05	$ 1.12	$ 4.63	$ 4.30	$ 3.58
Earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)													1.28	1.03	1.14	1.15	1.20	0.91	1.04	1.11	4.60	4.26	3.55
Cash dividends declared per share on common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0.255	$ 0.255	$ 0.255	$ 0.255	$ 0.225	$ 0.225	$ 0.225	$ 0.225	$ 0.160	$ 0.160	$ 0.160	$ 0.160	$ 0.255	$ 0.255	$ 0.255	$ 0.255	$ 0.225	$ 0.225	$ 0.225	$ 0.225	1.02	0.90	$ 0.64
Tax resolution benefit (usd per share)																					$ 0.02	$ 0.07

[1] As the result of the adoption of ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flow (Topic 230): Restricted Cash, in fiscal 2018, the prior year amounts were retrospectively adjusted to include restricted cash and cash equivalents. See Note A.