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Epictetus · c. 50 – c. 135 CE

Fragments 124 — Epictetus

Translation by George Long (1877)

Epictetus, Fragments 124

The justest laws are those which are the truest.
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The fairest laws are those that are truest, meaning those that best match what is actually right.

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  • Justice and fairness
  • Nature and the cosmos
  • Community and our duty to others

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