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Temeritas.
Rashness
LXXII [=73] .
In praeceps rapitur, frustra quoque tendit habenas
Auriga, effraeni quem vehit oris equus.
Haud facile huic credas, ratio quem nulla gubernat
Et temerè proprio ducitur arbitrio.[1]
A driver pulled by a horse whose mouth does not respond to the bridle is rushed headlong and in vain drags on the reins. You cannot readily trust one whom no reason governs, one who is heedlessly taken where his fancy goes.
1. In general see Plato’s image of the chariot of the soul, Phaedrus, 246, as indicated in some commentaries.
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- charioteer, 'auriga' [43C21311] Search | Browse Iconclass
- riding a horse, ass, mule, etc.; rider, horseman [46C131] Search | Browse Iconclass
- reins [46C131613] Search | Browse Iconclass
- (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart [46C145] Search | Browse Iconclass
- accident with (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart [46C1495] Search | Browse Iconclass
- inciting riding-animal or draught-animal ~ accident [46C1496] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Rashness, Imprudence, Recklessness (+ emblematical representation of concept) [52AA21(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Reason; 'Ragione' (Ripa) [52B51] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Self-control; 'Dominio di se stesso' (Ripa) [53B3] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Authority, Power; 'Dominio', 'Giurisdittione' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [53C11(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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