Peripatetici

οἷς πρόθεσίς ἐστιν ἀδικεῖν, παρ' αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ δικαία ἀπολογία ἰσχύει → not even a just excuse means anything to those bent on injustice | the tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny | any excuse will serve a tyrant

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Pĕrĭpătētĭcī,¹⁴ ōrum, m. (περιπατητικοί), Péripatéticiens, disciples d’Aristote : Cic. Ac. 1, 17