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ὑπείληφα καταφανῆ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην τοῦ ἀνδρὸς γενήσεσθαι νομοθεσίαν, ὡς αὐστηρὰ καὶ μισοπόνηρος ἦν καὶ πολλὴν ἔχουσα πρὸς τοὺς ἡρωικοὺς βίους ὁμοιότητα, [2] δἰ ὀλίγης ὑπομνήσεως σημανῶ, τοσοῦτο προειπών, ὅτι μοι δοκοῦσιν ἅπαντες οἱ διατάξαντες τάς τε βαρβαρικὰς καὶ τὰς Ἑλληνικὰς πολιτείας τὸ μὲν κοινὸν ὀρθῶς ἰδεῖν, ὅτι πόλιν ἅπασαν ἐκ πολλῶν οἴκων συνεστῶσαν ὀρθήν τε πλεῖν εἰκὸς ὅταν οἱ τῶν ἰδιωτῶν εὐσταθῶσι βίοι, καὶ χειμῶνα πολὺν ἄγειν ὅταν κακῶς ἑκάστοις ἔχῃ τὰ ἴδια, καὶ ὅτι δεῖ τὸν νοῦν ἔχοντα πολιτικὸν ἐάν τε νομοθέτης ἐάν τε βασιλεὺς ᾖ, ταῦτα νομοθετεῖν, ἃ ποιήσει δικαίους καὶ σώφρονας τοὺς τῶν ἰδιωτῶν βίους. [3] ἐξ ὧν δ᾽ ἂν ἐπιτηδευμάτων καὶ δι᾽ οἵων γένοιντο τοιοῦτοι νόμων, οὐκέθ᾽ ὁμοίως ἅπαντες δοκοῦσί μοι συνιδεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἔνιοί γε πολλοῦ καὶ τοῦ παντός, ὡς εἰπεῖν, ἐν τοῖς κυριωτάτοις καὶ πρώτοις μέρεσι τῆς νομοθεσίας ἁμαρτεῖν. [4] αὐτίκα περὶ γάμων καὶ τῆς πρὸς γυναῖκας ὁμιλίας,
Dionysii Halicarnasei Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Keyboarding.
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