...as the world a ruler, the herd a leader; but this chief is not above the laws. His ideal is that " of a polity in which there is the same law for all,...respects most of all the freedom of the governed." He abhors whatever is arbitrary or unjust, and finds nothing so odious as the character of a tyrant,...

...Thrasea, Helvidius, ; Cato, Dion, and Bentus, from whose lives and recorded words he learned " the idea of polity in which there is the same law for all, a polity...with regard to equal • rights and equal freedom ofspeech, and the idea of a kingly government which respects mostoFall the freedom of the governed."...

...And from him I received the idea of a government in which there is equal law for all, a government administered with regard to equal rights and equal freedom of speech, and an idea of kingly government, which respects most of all the freedom of the governed. Our Relation...

...great to have been an emperor subject to the necessities of state-craft in that dark age — conceived of a polity in which there is "the same law for all,...respects most of all the freedom of the governed." quently proved notorious truce breakers when self-interest has seemed to demand it; and this is equally...

...through him I learned to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion, Brutus ; and from him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law for...rights and equal freedom of speech, and the idea of a kindly government which respects most of all the freedom of the governed ; I learned from him also...

...and through him I learned to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion, Brutus; and from him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law for...the freedom of the governed; I learned from him also consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy; and a disposition to do good, and...

...through him I learned to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato, Dion, Brutus ; and from him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law for...the freedom of the governed; I learned from him also consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy, and a disposition to do good, and...

...ruler is a Roman emperor, what an " idea " is this to be written down and meditated by him : — " The idea of a polity in which there is the same law for...equal freedom of speech, and the idea of a kingly governmerit which respects most of all the freedom of the governed." And, for all men who " drive at...

...through him I learned to know Thrasea, Helvidius, Cato. Dion, Brutus ; and from him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law for...polity administered with regard to equal rights— -7 and equal freedom of speech, and the idea of a kingly~government which respects most of all the...

...was at one with other philosophers of his age in eulogizing Marcus Brutus : ' From him I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law for...government which respects most of all the freedom of the governed.'6 He seems to have imbibed these views from the rhetoricians of the day, who taught their...