...says that it is his aim to be the ruler of a State "in which there is the same law for all, which is administered with regard to equal rights and equal freedom of speech, and to carry on a government which respects, most of all, the freedom of the governed." He is a cosmopolitan...

...of God, in which all men may claim citizenship. The Emperor had learned, he tells us, " the idea of a polity administered with regard to equal rights and equal freedom of speech," and of "a government which respects most of all the freedom of the governed," a platform that might have...

...is such a memorandum as the following : — "Not frequently nor without necessity to say to anyone, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure; nor..." And, for all men who "drive at practice, " what practical rules may not one accumulate out of these "Meditations":— "The greatest part of what we...

...alleging urgent occupation. " And, when that ruler is a Roman emperor, what an ' ' idea "isthistobe written down and meditated by him : — "The idea..." And, for all men who "drive at practice, " what practical rules may not one accumulate out of these "Meditations":— "The greatest part of what we...

...justice; 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...respects most of all the freedom of the governed; I learned from him also consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy; and a disposition...

...justice; 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...respects most of all the freedom of the governed; I learned from him also consistency and undeviating steadiness in my regard for philosophy; and a disposition...

...down one afternoon in his well-known Diary of a Roman Emperor: From my brother Severus ... I received the idea of a polity in which there is the same law for all, a polity administered in regard to equal rights and equal freedom of speech and the lack of a kingly government, which respects...

...that ruler is a Roman emperor, what an "idea" is this to be written down and meditated by him: — 15 "The idea of a polity in which there is the same law...governed." And, for all men who "drive at practice," what practical 10 rules may not one accumulate out of these Meditations: — "The greatest part of what...

...world has never had better rulers. His own idea of what government should be he states once briefly: "A kingly government which respects most of all the freedom of the governed." And yet the Christians were almost certainly persecuted during his reign. This is denied, of course, but...

...those of later heroes of the Stoical protestation against Caesarean despotism, holds up before himself "the idea of a polity in which there is the same law...respects most of all the freedom of the governed'." Here the demand 1 That the Romane themselves were conscious of this, may be §een for example in a...