It is not the least important sign of whether men are possessed of intelligence if they are seen to recognize the same course of conduct in all cases that are comparable. [That is, if they apply the same standard of judgement to all similar cases.] Isocrates. On The Peace. Speech 8. Section 114.
Image: Ancient Roman relief of a lictor from the garden of the Museo Archeologico in Verona, Italy (image © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro via Wikimedia)
Image: Ancient Roman relief of a lictor from the garden of the Museo Archeologico in Verona, Italy (image © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro via Wikimedia)
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