La tyrannie produit deux effets contraires dont les symboles existent dans deux grandes figures de l'esclavage antique: Epictete et Spartacus, la haine et ses sentiments mauvais, la resignation et ses tendresses chretiennes.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Tyranny creates opposite effects symbolized by Epictetus and Spartacus: hatred and bad feelings versus resignation and Christian tenderness.
- In plain terms
- Oppression yields both hatred and resigned kindness.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize the dual responses to tyranny.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives a person toward resistance or acceptance?
- How can societies heal these divides?
Another view
Not all oppressed choose resignation or rebellion.
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