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Sed his poenis quas etiam stultissimi sentiunt, egestate, exilio, vinculis, verberibus,
elabuntur saepe privati oblata mortis celeritate, civitatibus autem mors ipsa poena est, quae videtur a
poena singulos vindicare; debet enim constituta sic [p. 345]
esse civitas, ut aeterna sit. Itaque nullus interitus
est rei publicae naturalis ut hominis, in quo mors
non modo necessaria est, verum etiam optanda persaepe. Civitas autem cum tollitur, deletur, extinguitur, simile est quodam modo, ut parva magnis conferamus, ac si omnis hic mundus intereat et concidat.
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