Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Legislation Under Consideration
Cicero, On the Agrarian Law I.1.1 (tr. John Henry Freese):
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By the immortal gods! do such ideas appear to you to be sober men's plans or the dreams of men drunk with wine? do they look like the deliberate opinions of wise men or the raving wishes of madmen?Id. II.33.89:
haec, per deos immortales! utrum esse vobis consilia siccorum an vinulentorum somnia et utrum cogitata sapientium an optata furiosorum videntur?
See what a world of difference there is between the counsels of our ancestors and the madness of these men!
videte, quantum intervallum sit interiectum inter maiorum nostrorum consilia et inter istorum hominum dementiam.
