La Calunnia
by Sandro Botticelli (ca. 1497) |
Quid est iustitia, nisi naturae tacita
conventio, in adiutorium multorum inventa. Iustitia non nostra constitutio,
sed divina lex est, vinculum societatis humanae.
St. Martin of Braga, Formula
honestae vitae (ca. 550 A.D.) What is justice but a tacit covenant of
nature established for the aid of many. Justice is not based on our
statute but is a part of divine law and the bond of human society.
Stephan Kuttner, "A forgotten
definition of justice,” Studia Gratiana 20 (1976) 73-110. |