Isocrates, Areopagiticus, George Norlin (Translator), 33

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[33] for they had no fear that they might suffer one of two things—that they might lose their whole investment or recover, after much trouble, only a mere fraction of their venture; on the contrary, they felt as secure about the money which was lent out as about that which was stored in their own coffers. For they saw that in cases of contract the judges were not in the habit of indulging their sense of equity¹ but were strictly faithful to the laws;

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

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Ἀρεοπαγιτικός Perseus (Isocrates, Vol 2. Norlin, George, editor. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1929 (printing).) — 33 focus

[33] οὐ γὰρ ἐδεδίεσαν μὴ δυοῖν θάτερον πάθοιεν, ἢ πάντων στερηθεῖεν, ἢ πολλὰ πράγματα σχόντες μέρος τι κομίσαιντο τῶν προεθέντων· ἀλλʼ ὁμοίως ἐθάρρουν περὶ τῶν ἔξω δεδομένων ὥσπερ περὶ τῶν ἔνδον κειμένων. ἑώρων γὰρ τοὺς περὶ τῶν συμβολαίων κρίνοντας οὐ ταῖς ἐπιεικείαις χρωμένους, ἀλλὰ τοῖς νόμοις πειθομένους,

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Areopagiticus

1. That is, their own sense of right and wrong (almost their sympathy) as distinguished from the legal sense. See Aristotle’s distinction between equality and justice in Aristot. Rh. 1374b 21 . “The arbitrator,” he says, “looks to equity; the judge, to law.”

Isocrates Areopagiticus 33

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