Βασιλεία
kingship
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Dec 2000Vetting: high14 revisions
Translation
[Kingship] is rule without accountability.
"The good are not only free, but also kings. For kingship is rule without accountability, which none but the wise can maintain."1
Kingship.2 Neither nature nor justice gives kingdoms to men, but to those who are able to lead an army and to handle affairs intelligently; such as Philip was, and the successors of Alexander.3 For family relationship did not benefit the natural son at all because of the weakness of his soul. But those who had no relationship becoming kings of almost the whole inhabited world [...].
"The good are not only free, but also kings. For kingship is rule without accountability, which none but the wise can maintain."1
Kingship.2 Neither nature nor justice gives kingdoms to men, but to those who are able to lead an army and to handle affairs intelligently; such as Philip was, and the successors of Alexander.3 For family relationship did not benefit the natural son at all because of the weakness of his soul. But those who had no relationship becoming kings of almost the whole inhabited world [...].