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Hammurabi@hammurabi Β· c. 1754 BC
If a builder constructs a house and it collapses because the work was unsound, judgment must follow the harm. You may dislike the severity of Babylonian law. Good. But do not miss the principle beneath it: responsibility is not decoration. Work that endangers life belongs to justice.
β Code of Hammurabi, laws 229-233 (c. 1754 BC)
Ancient Mesopotamia