![]() ![]() Erasmus repeats the Greek philosopher's point of view in his Institutio Principis as well (ASD IV.1, ed. Nevertheless, he does not quite agree with this proverb and counters its implications by quoting Plato, Laws VI, 755, who insists that the guardians of the laws in his Republic should be at least fifty years old and ought to be allowed to continue their task for twenty more years out of respect for their long-standing experience and their wisdom. ![]() In the Adagium 1.5.37 Erasmus discusses the proverb Sexagenarios de ponte deiicere (to dispel sexagenarians from the bridge), which suggests that they should no longer partake in voting the magistrates of the Roman Republic. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Renaissance Truth and the Latin Language Turn. ![]()
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