Isocrates, Areopagiticus, George Norlin (Translator), 21

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[21] But what contributed most to their good government of the state was that of the two recognized kinds of equality—that which makes the same award to all alike and that which gives to each man his due¹—they did not fail to grasp which was the more serviceable; but, rejecting as unjust that which holds that the good and the bad are worthy of the same honors,

Areopagiticus. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.

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[21] μέγιστον δʼ αὐτοῖς συνεβάλετο πρὸς τὸ καλῶς οἰκεῖν τὴν πόλιν, ὅτι δυοῖν ἰσοτήτοιν νομιζομέναιν εἶναι, καὶ τῆς μὲν ταὐτὸν ἅπασιν ἀπονεμούσης τῆς δὲ τὸ προσῆκον ἑκάστοις, οὐκ ἠγνόουν τὴν χρησιμωτέραν, ἀλλὰ τὴν μὲν τῶν αὐτῶν ἀξιοῦσαν τοὺς χρηστοὺς καὶ τοὺς πονηροὺς ἀπεδοκίμαζον ὡς οὐ δικαίαν οὖσαν,

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Areopagiticus

1. For these two kinds of equality cf. Isoc. 3.14 ff. ; Isoc. 2.14 ; Plat. Rep. 558c , and Plat. Laws 757b ; Aristot. Pol. 1301a 26 ff.

Isocrates Areopagiticus 21

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