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Wer muß bestraft werden, wer nicht? (62 Aufrufe)
Γραικύλος schrieb am 26.09.2024 um 23:25 Uhr (Zitieren)
Cicero, Pro P. Oppio (= Ammianus Marcellinus XXX 8, 7:
Unaware, perhaps, of these examples and failing to consider that the mildness of rulers is always a comfort for a person in distress, Valentinian (1) increased the number of punishments by fire and sword. A loyal spirit is found to be the ultimate remedy in adversity, as a beautiful passage of Isocrates reminds us: his words are for all time when he teaches that pardon must sometimes be granted to a ruler defeated in war rather than to one who does not know what is just [cuius vox est perpetua docentis, ignosci debere interdum armis superato rectori quam iustum quid sit ignoranti] (2). I think that this was the source of Tullius’ splendid statement when he was defending Oppius: “In fact, to have great power to secure another’s salvation has lent honor to many; to have had too little power to destroy has never been a reproach to anyone [Etenim multum posse ad salute alterius honori multis, parum potuisse ad exitium probro nemini umquam fuit].”

[Marcus Tullius Cicero: Fragmentary Speeches. Ed. by Jane W. Crawford & Andrew R. Dyck. Cambridge (Mass.)/London 2024, pp. 30-33.]

(1) Valentinian I, reg. 364-375 u.Z.
(2) Isokrates, Panathenaikos 185

Re: Wer muß bestraft werden, wer nicht?
Γραικύλος schrieb am 27.09.2024 um 10:19 Uhr (Zitieren)
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