HUMA 1825 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ancient Law, Siege Of Melos, Spurn
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May 9: thucydides: in their speeches, cleon and diodotus each comment on the debate they are having. They comment on how the audience may react to speeches and what motivations the other speaker may have . Kill everyone: trust one another; trust makes you trusting of others. Your subjects don"t like being ruled by you and they may be plotting against you: better to have unchanging bad laws then good laws that are constantly changing. Compares this to god and that god is unchangeable. Those who want to change law, think their smarter than law. These people are charged with treason and hubris. If you"re charged with this it is a major crime and you will be disenfranchised: any delay including this discussion will delay enforcing laws and will only benefit the guilty party. Delay will also cause anger to subside and will in turn bring upon wrong decisions: criticizes the whole exercise of discussing what to do.
