Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Deterrence
Demosthenes, Against Meidias 37 (tr. J.H. Vince):
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For who of you is unaware that the reason for the frequency of these assaults is the failure to punish the offenders, and that the only way to prevent such assaults in the future is adequately to punish every offender who is caught?
τίς γὰρ οὐκ οἶδεν ὑμῶν τοῦ μὲν πολλὰ τοιαῦτα γενέσθαι τὸ μὴ κολάζεσθαι τοὺς ἐξαμαρτάνοντας αἴτιον ὄν, τοῦ δὲ μηδέν᾿ ὑβρίζειν τὸ λοιπὸν τὸ δίκην τὸν ἀεὶ ληφθένθ᾿ ἣν προσήκει διδόναι μόνον αἴτιον ἂν γενόμενον;
