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Ideas of Solon, by Text

[Greek, c.640 - 560 BCE, Born and died in Athens. Community leader, and creator of its legal system.]

600BCE reports
p.28 The greatest deterrence for injustice is if uninjured parties feel as much indignation as those who are injured
     Full Idea: Men can be most effectively deterred from committing injustice if those who are not injured feel as much indignation as those who are.
     From: report of Solon (reports [c.600 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 01.So.10