Δικαιοσύνη
justice, probity
Translated by Catharine Roth4 Feb 2004Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δικαιοσύνη· οὐχ ἡ πολιτικὴ ἀρετή, ἀλλ' ἡ μείζων, τῷ δὲ αὐτῷ ὀνόματι χρωμένη. δικαιοσύνην δὲ τὴν ἑκάστῃ τῶν λοιπῶν ἀρετῶν οἰκειοπραγίαν ἀρχῆς πέρι καὶ τοῦ ἄρχεσθαι. καὶ Δικαιοσύνη, ἀποχὴ κερδῶν.
Betacode
*dikaiosu/nh: ou)x h( politikh\ a)reth/, a)ll' h( mei/zwn, tw=| de\ au)tw=| o)no/mati xrwme/nh. dikaiosu/nhn de\ th\n e(ka/sth| tw=n loipw=n a)retw=n oi)keiopragi/an a)rxh=s pe/ri kai\ tou= a)/rxesqai. kai\ *dikaiosu/nh, a)poxh\ kerdw=n.
Notes (3)
- For this headword see already delta 1073 and again delta 1075.↩
- 1Same gloss at alpha 2168, on
a)ndri/a "courage." ↩- 2Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 365 Zintzen: a conflation of phrases from Plato, Republic 434C and 443B (web addresses 1 & 2). ↩
- 3This sense of the headword is illustrated in honorific decrees (from Athens and elsewhere) which praise public officials for -- in effect -- not embezzling the funds entrusted to them.
- 1Same gloss at alpha 2168, on
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α2168Ἀνδρίαhardihood, manlinessNot the communal virtue, but the one better than this, which uses the same name, that prevailing over the fury of the soul. But [sc. note the phrase] a)ndrei/a yuxh/ ["manly soul"], with the diphthong [ei], from…
- δ1073Δικαιοσύνηjustice[It is] a knowledge of what one should choose and what one should beware of and [what is] neither of them. Now justice [is] the common virtue, the [virtue] that is opposed to the other virtues equivocally. But courage…
- δ1075Δικαιοσύνηjustice[Justice] [is] both the perfect virtue and the just request/prayer, as the psalmist -- David -- [says]: "hear, O Lord, my justice."
- ε125Ἐγκράτειαself-control[Meaning] abstinence from evils.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 15 Oct 2014
- added a note with cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked links — Catharine Roth
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth