Saturday, March 09, 2024
Equality
Plato, Laws 6.757a (tr. Thomas L. Pangle):
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...equal rewards would become unequal if they were distributed to men who are unequal...Pliny the Younger, Letters 2.12.5 (tr. Betty Radice):
...τοῖς γὰρ ἀνίσοις τὰ ἴσα ἄνισα γίγνοιτ᾽ ἄν...
Yet this strict equality results in something very different from equity, so long as men have the same right to judge but not the same ability to judge wisely.
nihil est tam inaequale quam aequalitas ipsa. nam cum sit impar prudentia, par omnium ius est.
