"The manner of this legislator's death is deserving of mention. He had made a law that no man should be allowed to come armed into the assembly of the people. The penalty for infringement was death. He became the victim of his own law; for, having returned from pursuing some robbers, he entered the city, and presented himself before the assembly of the people without reflecting that he carried a sword by his side. Some one thereupon remarked to him, “You are violating your own law.” His reply was, “On the contrary, by Zeus, I will establish it”; and he slew himself on the spot."Now I know why Sicilians talk so much of honor! Well, back then, in those zany Ancient times, law and philosophy were taken mighty seriously.
Charondas as a legislator in Sicily. Such philosophical richness.
Except for those screwy Sophist scoundrels. Bleh.
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