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De Legibus [On the Laws], Book 1, ch. 6 (1.6) / sec. 18 [Marcus] (c. 51 BC) [tr. Zetzel (1999)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations
Law is the highest reason, rooted in nature, which commands things that must be done and prohibits the opposite. [Lex est ratio summa, insita in natura, quae iubet ea quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria.] Quoting "many" or "most" learned men (by which Cicero means Stoics). (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: "Law…