Painting by Ahn Gyeon (안견/安堅), Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land (몽유도원도/夢遊桃源圖), 1447.

5.12.09

"Ars boni et aequi"

Maxim from the Roman jurist Ulpian (3rd century CE): 
Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribuendi. Iuris praecepta sunt haec: honeste vivere, alterum non laedere, suum cuique tribuere.
(Digesto, 1.1.10)

My rough translation:
"Justice is the constant and perpetual will to give to each that which is one's rightful due. The rules of law are these: live honestly, do not do harm unto others; give to each one's due."

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