The Original: Cicero - The Ideal Statesman Scipio: Why, he should have virtually no duty apart from this, for it embraces all the rest — namely that he should never cease inspecting and examining himself, challenging others to imitate him, and by the splendour of his mind and conduct offering himself as a mirror to [...]
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Weekly Wavelength
This is one of the easiest ways to share your ideas on Politicolor. Every week we ask our contributors two questions and post their answers in an effort to help you find good ideas on the web. Because effective citizens are informed citizens engaged in sharing ideas… What didn’t you know last week? Gravity is [...]
Re-writing a bit of Hobbes as Cicero
The Original: Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan. Chapter 14, Section 31. The force of words being (as I have formerly noted) too weak to hold men to the performance of their covenants; there are in man’s nature but two imaginable helps to strengthen it. And those are either a fear of the consequence of breaking their word; [...]
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