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El dilema que acaba de exponerseEste dilema recuerda a aquel con que se enfrentaron los doctos jurisconsultos de Persia cuando, respondieron a la petición que les hizo el rey Cambises de que dictaminaran si podía casarse con su hermana, prudentemente, "que, si bien no habían hallado ley alguna que permitiera el matrimonio entre hermanos, había, sin lugar a dudas, una ley que permitía al rey de Persia hacer lo que le pluguiera" (véase Herodotus, The Histories, traductor Aubrey de Sélincourt (Penguin Books, 1959), pág. 187.
The dilemma The dilemma recalls that which confronted the learned judges of Persia when, asked by king Cambyses whether he could marry his sister, they made prudent answer "that though they could discover no law which allowed brother to marry sister, there was undoubtedly a law which permitted the king of Persia to do what he pleased". See Herodotus, The Histories, tr. Aubrey de Sélincourt (Penguin Books, 1959), p. 187.
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