弥尔顿政治著作选

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　　So if this method of punishment is considered-more moderate when used by a king against his people， why is the same method not believed to be more moderate when used by a people against their king， and even more welcome to血e king himseIP. You preferred the　king to be killed secretly and without witnesses， either so that no memory should remain of the wholesome nature of such a good example or so that the consciousness ofsuch a glorious deed should have avoided the light and to have had laws and justice itself by no means in its support.　　Then you heighten the matter by saying that it was not in the uproar or the factional strife of the nobles， or in the frenzy of rebels，soldiers or people， not from hatred， nor fear， nor eagemess to rule， nor blind impulse of mind， but by planning and design that they accomplished the crime they had long meditated.O you deserved indeed to turn from being a lawyer into a grammarian! You who， from the accidents ofa case， as they say， which in themselves have no force， commence Scolding when you have not yet proved whether the deed should be judged eirher as faulty or praiseworthy. Now see how easily H will attack you: if the deed was fair and fitting，the authors are the more gready to be praised because they were occupied by no senti- ments but acted for the sake of virtue alone. Ifit was difficult and burdensome， they are the more greatly to be praised because they acted not on blind impulse but by plaruung and design. However would rather believe that these things were done by dMne instigation， whenever recall to nund the unexpected eagemess of spirit，thefirm agreement with which the whole army， wtuch a great part of the populace had joined，'from almost all counties in the kingdom， wirh one voice，6 demanded punishment for the king himself as the author of all their ills.　　……

书籍目录

《为英国人民申辩》

《论国王和官吏的职权》

作者简介

弥尔顿政治著作选，ISBN：9787562023722，作者：英弥尔顿（John Milton）著；（ ）Martin Dzelzainis编

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