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| タイトル | ： 第26回 |
| 投稿日 | ： 2004/03/06(Sat) 18:10 |
| 投稿者 | ： 惣田正明 <vem13077@nifty.ne.jp> |
第26回テキスト
---はじめ---
How admirable are his words! And the great blessing of
riches, I do not say to every man, but to a good man, is,
that he has had no occasion to deceive or to defraud others,
either intentionally or unintentionally; and when he departs
to the world below he is not in any apprehension about
offerings due to the gods or debts which he owes to men. Now
to this peace of mind the possession of wealth greatly
contributes; and therefore I say, that, setting one thing
against another, of the many advantages which wealth has to
give, to a man of sense this is in my opinion the greatest.
Well said, Cephalus, I replied; but as concerning justice,
what is it? --to speak the truth and to pay your debts --no
more than this? And even to this are there not exceptions?
Suppose that a friend when in his right mind has deposited
arms with me and he asks for them when he is not in his right
mind, ought I to give them back to him? No one would say that
I ought or that I should be right in doing so, any more than
they would say that I ought always to speak the truth to one
who is in his condition.
You are quite right, he replied.
But then, I said, speaking the truth and paying your debts is
not a correct definition of justice.
---終わり---