Kitap 4
1
Since, then, neither they who are called kings nor the friends of kings live as they like, who, then, after all, is free? Seek, and you will find; for you are furnished by nature with means for discovering the truth. But if you are not able by these alone to find the consequence, hear them who have sought it. What do they say? Do you think freedom a good? The greatest. Can any one, then, who attains the greatest good be unhappy or unsuccessful in his affairs? No. As many, therefore, as you see unhappy, lamenting, unprosperous,—confidently pronounce them not free. I do. Henceforth, then, we have done with buying and selling, and such like stated conditions of becoming slaves. For if these concessions hold, then, whether the unhappy man be a great or a little king,—of consular or bi-consular dignity,—he is not free. Agreed.
