DND 2.29b-30a
Mischa Hooker / Cicero
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Latin
English
Principatum autem id dico quod Graeci ἡγεμονικόν vocant , quo nihil in quoque genere nec potest nec debet esse praestantius ; ita necesse est illud etiam in quo sit totius naturae principatus esse omnium optimum omniumque rerum potestate dominatuque dignissimum . Videmus autem in partibus mundi ( nihil est enim in omni mundo quod non pars universi sit ) inesse sensum atque rationem .
I
use
the
term
‘ruling
principle’
as
the
equivalent
of
the
Greek
hēgemonikon
,
meaning
that
part
of
anything
which
must
and
ought
to
have
supremacy
in
a
thing
of
that
sort
.
Thus
it
follows
that
the
element
which
contains
the
ruling
principle
of
the
whole
of
nature
must
also
be
the
most
excellent
of
all
things
and
the
most
deserving
of
authority
and
sovereignty
over
all
things
.
Now
we
observe
that
the
parts
of
the
world
(
and
nothing
exists
in
all
the
world
which
is
not
a
part
of
the
whole
world
)
possess
sensation
and
reason
.