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against the person but whose punishments are financial, you will act in everything as befits fair judges. [18] For you will reach a sound verdict on the case before you, you will make the rest of the citizen body more disciplined, and you will make your own life safer. It is in the nature of sensible judges that in reaching a just verdict on the cases of others they simultaneously protect their own interests. [19] None of you should think it proper to reduce the assessment in view of the fact that I am a poor man and one of the masses. It is unjust to exact lesser punishments on behalf of obscure victims than for the distinguished, or to consider poor men less worthy than rich. You would be treating yourselves with disdain if you held such a view about the citizen body. [20] Furthermore, it would be absolutely intolerable, if when the city is governed democratically we were not all to receive the same treatment, if we should see fit to hold office but deprived ourselves of our rights under the laws, if we were willing to die in battle for our country but when casting a vote we were to give an advantage to men of property. [21] If you will be advised by me, you will not take such a view of yourselves, and you will not teach young men to despise the mass of citizens, or think that trials such as this are the concern of others; no, each of you will cast his vote as though he were judging his own case. For those who dare to break this law which protects your persons are wronging all alike. [22] So if you are sensible you will encourage each other and mark your own anger on Lochites, in the knowledge that all men of his sort despise the established laws but think that judgments made here have the authority of law. For my part, I have spoken on this matter to the best of my ability. But if anyone present can speak to my case, let him step up and address you. In the absence of a narrative, even a conjectural reconstruction of the events at issue is impossible. We can however evaluate the strategies of the two sides. Inevitably we learn rather less about Lochites’ line of argument, since it is not in the speaker’s interests to give space to his opponent’s case except to demolish it. The speech suggests that an important part of the defence case consists of making light of the injuries received. Since this line is taken by the speaker in Lys. 3 (Case V) and the opponent Konon in Dem. 54 (Case VI), this is evidently a standard (and potentially useful) approach, and the speaker is likely to be correct in anticipating Lochites’ arguments.
DOI link for against the person but whose punishments are financial, you will act in everything as befits fair judges. [18] For you will reach a sound verdict on the case before you, you will make the rest of the citizen body more disciplined, and you will make your own life safer. It is in the nature of sensible judges that in reaching a just verdict on the cases of others they simultaneously protect their own interests. [19] None of you should think it proper to reduce the assessment in view of the fact that I am a poor man and one of the masses. It is unjust to exact lesser punishments on behalf of obscure victims than for the distinguished, or to consider poor men less worthy than rich. You would be treating yourselves with disdain if you held such a view about the citizen body. [20] Furthermore, it would be absolutely intolerable, if when the city is governed democratically we were not all to receive the same treatment, if we should see fit to hold office but deprived ourselves of our rights under the laws, if we were willing to die in battle for our country but when casting a vote we were to give an advantage to men of property. [21] If you will be advised by me, you will not take such a view of yourselves, and you will not teach young men to despise the mass of citizens, or think that trials such as this are the concern of others; no, each of you will cast his vote as though he were judging his own case. For those who dare to break this law which protects your persons are wronging all alike. [22] So if you are sensible you will encourage each other and mark your own anger on Lochites, in the knowledge that all men of his sort despise the established laws but think that judgments made here have the authority of law. For my part, I have spoken on this matter to the best of my ability. But if anyone present can speak to my case, let him step up and address you. In the absence of a narrative, even a conjectural reconstruction of the events at issue is impossible. We can however evaluate the strategies of the two sides. Inevitably we learn rather less about Lochites’ line of argument, since it is not in the speaker’s interests to give space to his opponent’s case except to demolish it. The speech suggests that an important part of the defence case consists of making light of the injuries received. Since this line is taken by the speaker in Lys. 3 (Case V) and the opponent Konon in Dem. 54 (Case VI), this is evidently a standard (and potentially useful) approach, and the speaker is likely to be correct in anticipating Lochites’ arguments.
against the person but whose punishments are financial, you will act in everything as befits fair judges. [18] For you will reach a sound verdict on the case before you, you will make the rest of the citizen body more disciplined, and you will make your own life safer. It is in the nature of sensible judges that in reaching a just verdict on the cases of others they simultaneously protect their own interests. [19] None of you should think it proper to reduce the assessment in view of the fact that I am a poor man and one of the masses. It is unjust to exact lesser punishments on behalf of obscure victims than for the distinguished, or to consider poor men less worthy than rich. You would be treating yourselves with disdain if you held such a view about the citizen body. [20] Furthermore, it would be absolutely intolerable, if when the city is governed democratically we were not all to receive the same treatment, if we should see fit to hold office but deprived ourselves of our rights under the laws, if we were willing to die in battle for our country but when casting a vote we were to give an advantage to men of property. [21] If you will be advised by me, you will not take such a view of yourselves, and you will not teach young men to despise the mass of citizens, or think that trials such as this are the concern of others; no, each of you will cast his vote as though he were judging his own case. For those who dare to break this law which protects your persons are wronging all alike. [22] So if you are sensible you will encourage each other and mark your own anger on Lochites, in the knowledge that all men of his sort despise the established laws but think that judgments made here have the authority of law. For my part, I have spoken on this matter to the best of my ability. But if anyone present can speak to my case, let him step up and address you. In the absence of a narrative, even a conjectural reconstruction of the events at issue is impossible. We can however evaluate the strategies of the two sides. Inevitably we learn rather less about Lochites’ line of argument, since it is not in the speaker’s interests to give space to his opponent’s case except to demolish it. The speech suggests that an important part of the defence case consists of making light of the injuries received. Since this line is taken by the speaker in Lys. 3 (Case V) and the opponent Konon in Dem. 54 (Case VI), this is evidently a standard (and potentially useful) approach, and the speaker is likely to be correct in anticipating Lochites’ arguments.
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