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succeed, but dishonouring them above the rest if they turn out to be inferior.
This is the assembly to which he who has visited the institutions of other men,
on his return home shall straightway go, and if he have discovered any one
who has anything to say about the enactment of laws or education or nurture,
or if he have himself made any observations, let him communicate his
discoveries to the whole assembly. And if he be seen to have come home
neither better nor worse, let him be praised at any rate for his enthusiasm; and
if he be much better, let him be praised so much the more; and not only while
he lives but after his death let the assembly honour him with fitting honours.
But if on his return home he appear to have been corrupted, pretending to be
wise when he is not, let him hold no communication with any one, whether
young or old; and if he will hearken to the rulers, then he shall be permitted to
live as a private individual; but if he will not, let him die, if he be convicted in
a court of law of interfering about education and the laws, And if he deserve
to be indicted, and none of the magistrates indict him, let that be counted as a
disgrace to them when the rewards of virtue are decided.
Let such be the character of the person who goes abroad, and let him go
abroad under these conditions. In the next place, the stranger who comes from
abroad should be received in a friendly spirit. Now there are four kinds of
strangers, of whom we must make some mention—the first is he who comes
and stays throughout the summer; this class are like birds of passage, taking
wing in pursuit of commerce, and flying over the sea to other cities, while the
season lasts; he shall be received in market–places and harbours and public
buildings, near the city but outside, by those magistrates who are appointed to
superintend these matters; and they shall take care that a stranger, whoever he
be, duly receives justice; but he shall not be allowed to make any innovation.
They shall hold the intercourse with him which is necessary, and this shall be
as little as possible. The second kind is just a spectator who comes to see with
his eyes and hear with his ears the festivals of the Muses; such ought to have
entertainment provided them at the temples by hospitable persons, and the
priests and ministers of the temples should see and attend to them. But they
should not remain more than a reasonable time; let them see and hear that for
the sake of which they came, and then go away, neither having suffered nor
done any harm. The priests shall be their judges, if any of them receive or do
any wrong up to the sum of fifty drachmae, but if any greater charge be
brought, in such cases the suit shall come before the wardens of the agora.
The third kind of stranger is he who comes on some public business from
another land, and is to be received with public honours. He is to be received
only by the generals and commanders of horse and foot, and the host by
whom he is entertained, in conjunction with the Prytanes, shall have the sole
charge of what concerns him. There is a fourth dass of persons answering to
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The Complete Plato
- Titel
- The Complete Plato
- Autor
- Plato
- Datum
- ~347 B.C.
- Sprache
- englisch
- Lizenz
- PD
- Abmessungen
- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
- Seiten
- 1612
- Schlagwörter
- Philosophy, Antique, Philosophie, Antike, Dialogues, Metaphysik, Metaphysics, Ideologie, Ideology, Englisch
- Kategorien
- Geisteswissenschaften
- International