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Seventh Dialogue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Hans W. Blom
Affiliation:
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Eco Haitsma-Mulier
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Ronald Janse
Affiliation:
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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Sixth Court Maxim: No man is to be employed that will not wholly depend upon the will of the king

Philalethes: all things natural and civil, the universe and all individuals in it, subsist by order, which broken, dissolution follows. The physical order in a man is the right disposition of parts and mixture of elements, which *if* a little discomposed he is troubled, if much, he certainly dies. The rational order of man is when the superior part has dominion over the inferior, the mind governs the body, the understanding rules the will and passions. Small transgressions of this order, deviations from reason, we call folly or error, but extreme habitual *transgressions* deserve the name of madness. Nature teaches us that he who is the head of a family is to be obeyed, else the order is broken and the family dissolved. The disobedient son in Moses' law was therefore to be stoned. A family is the union of several men into one body to live together. The two greater assemblies are in armies to make war, or in civil societies to preserve peace. Exact order is required in both: subjection and obedience in the inferior to the superior. This is so punctually observed in military discipline that the least prevarication is death, and no merit can preserve the offender. Manlius Torquatus put his son to death, having contrary to order fought with a valiant Latin that challenged him and slain him.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 1996

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