Categoria: Leis IV

Athenian Stranger. And now, what will this city be ? I do not mean to ask what is or will hereafter be the name of the place ; that may be determined by the accident of locality or of the original settlement — a river or fountain, or some local deity may give the sanction…

Ath. And now let me proceed to another question : Who are to be the colonists ? May any one come out of all Crete ; and is the idea that the population in the several states is too numerous for the means of subsistence ? For I suppose that you are not going to…

Cle. How do you mean ? Ath. Let us try to amuse ourselves, old boys as we are, by moulding in words the laws which are suitable to your state. Cle. Let us proceed without delay. Ath. Then let us invoke God at the settlement of our state ; may he hear and be propitious…

Ath. I should wish the citizens to be as readily persuaded to virtue as possible ; this will surely be the aim of the legislator in all his laws. Cle. Certainly. Ath. The proposal appears to me to be of some value ; and I think that a person will listen with more gentleness and…