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Cecilia,
Not an exact match, but take a look at _De civitate Dei_ IV.4:
Remota itaque iustitia quid sunt regna nisi magna latrocinia? quia et latrocinia quid sunt nisi parua regna? Manus et ipsa hominum est, imperio principis regitur, pacto societatis astringitur, placiti lege praeda diuiditur. Hoc malum si in tantum perditorum hominum accessibus crescit, ut et loca teneat sedes constituat, ciuitates occupet populos subiuget, euidentius regni nomen adsumit, quod ei iam in manifesto confert non dempta cupiditas, sed addita inpunitas. Eleganter enim et ueraciter Alexandro illi Magno quidam comprehensus pirata respondit. Nam cum idem rex hominem interrogaret, quid ei uideretur, ut mare haberet infestum, ille libera contumacia: Quod tibi, inquit, ut orbem terrarum; sed quia <id> ego exiguo nauigio facio, latro uocor; quia tu magna classe, imperator.
Also, take a look at Thomas Aquinas ST I-II Q. 92 on the effects of law.
Hope this helps,
SC
--- On Thu, 3/12/09, Cecilia Gaposchkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Cecilia Gaposchkin <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [M-R] An unjust king is a tyrant
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 1:28 PM
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religion and culture
>
> Hello all. Here's one that has me stumped. A 14th
> century preacher, John of
> Aragon, says he is quoting Augustine, ii, De civita dei,
> when he says "Rex
> cum est iniustus tirannus est; est autem ista differentia
> inter regem et
> tirannum."
>
> Of course, I can't find it. I thought the advent of
> electronic texts was
> supposed to solve all of this. I suspect that the preacher
> is actually
> drawing from Giles of Rome, but since we dont' have
> accessible latin for
> Giles, I haven't figured that out yet.
>
> I've tried the PL and Cetedoc. Does anyone have any
> ideas? The sentiment is
> prosaic enough, and I'm surprised its not common.
>
> As alwasy, on a treasure hunt. Any help appreciated...
>
> cecilia
>
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