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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordAdikia is injustice or wrongdoing in relation to justice.
- In StobaeusThe Laws excerpt joins injustice with insolence and folly as destructive of human beings, opposed to justice, restraint, and understanding.
- In this edition“Injustice” keeps the direct relation to justice; “wrongdoing” can fit an action-centered construction.
- A place to beginInjustice and folly oppose the virtues that preserve human beings.
- English renderings
- injustice
Meaning
Adikia is injustice or wrongdoing in relation to justice. It can describe both a disposition and its harmful expression.
Use in the book
The Laws excerpt joins injustice with insolence and folly as destructive of human beings, opposed to justice, restraint, and understanding. The surrounding struggle has divine allies and requires vigilance. Injustice therefore belongs to an ethical and theological account, not merely to a narrow category of legal offenses.
Places to read
- I.3.55b.3Injustice and folly oppose the virtues that preserve human beings.
Translation in this edition
“Injustice” keeps the direct relation to justice; “wrongdoing” can fit an action-centered construction.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 65–66. The saving virtues are said to dwell in ensouled divine powers, which gives the contrast its particular theological setting.