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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.1.5.pr

Distinction between Mental Vices and Physical Diseases

Passage 3019 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus cites Greek terminology (distinguishing moral/mental habits from physical ailments) to compare and explain the difference between mental defects and physical diseases that hinder practical usefulness.

[PAULUS libro undecimo ad Sabinum. ] §21.1.5.prEt quantum interest inter haec uitia quae Graeci κακοήθειαν dicunt, interque πάθος aut νόσον aut ἀρρωστίαν, tantum inter talia uitia et eum morbum, ex quo quis minus aptus usui sit, differt.
[PAULUS with the eleventh book on Sabinus.] And as much difference as there is between these defects which the Greeks call kakoētheia, and pathos or nosos or arrōstia, so much difference is there between such defects and that disease by which one is made less fit for use.

Notes

  1. §21.1.5.prquantum interest ... tantum ... differt — A comparative structure using the correlative adverbs quantum and tantum, meaning 'as much as there is a difference (interest) between A and B, so much does it differ (differt) between C and D.' The verb differt in the main clause is used impersonally, corresponding to interest in the subordinate clause.
  2. §21.1.5.prex quo quis minus aptus usui sit — A relative clause modifying the antecedent eum morbum. The subjunctive present sit is employed because it is a relative clause of characteristic, describing the nature or result of the disease ('such that by it one becomes less fit for use') rather than pointing to a specific, actual illness.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.1.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.1.5.pr

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