Tag: justice

A reflection on justice, by Aristotle. Aristotle is the author of The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle defines the object of the laws prescribed by universal justice, which legislates on what is …

Plato in The Republic reports a discussion between Socrates and Cephalus. Is justice to always tell the truth? Is justice to give back to everyone what one has received? Plato …

Is property a right? Is it Just? One of the current positions is to consider property as a natural right. However, Jean-Jacques Rousseau reminds us that originally, the land belongs …

“As one grows older, one realizes that revenge is still the surest form of justice.” Henry Becque in Thoughts (1837–1899) Is vengeance justice? Hegel distinguished between justice and punishment, saying …

The following quotations are taken from Victor Cousin’s translation of The Republic – (Plato), volumes nine and ten, Book I Socrates talks about a discussion held the day before at Polemarchus ’ …

In his tragedy Wenceslas in 1647, Jean de Rotrou says: Justice is often the mask of wrath. This quotation expresses how much the pretended justice can in truth dissimulate another …