Single Idea 15

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 5. Free Rider]

Full Idea

The thing to do is to sin first and sacrifice afterwards from the proceeds.

Gist of Idea

Sin first, then sacrifice to the gods from the proceeds

Source

Plato (The Republic [c.371 BCE], 365e)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.54


A Reaction

A bit like Graham Greene's Catholicism. One Greek view of the gods seems to be that they are quite myopic and naïve.