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"Fiat justitia, et pereat mundus" is a Latin phrase, meaning "Let justice be done, though the world perish". This sentence, which has not been traced to Classical Rome, was the motto of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=imperium-romanum.com - Relikte - Sentenzen )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus )〕〔http://rz-home.de/~bwach/spr_lat.html〕 probably originating from Johannes Manlius’s book ''Loci Communes'' (1563). It characterizes an attitude, which wants to provide justice at any price. It is actually about half a century older than its first documented use in English literature. A famous use is by Immanuel Kant, in his 1795 ''Perpetual Peace'' (''Zum ewigen Frieden. Ein philosophischer Entwurf''), to summarize the counter-utilitarian nature of his moral philosophy, in the form ''Fiat justitia, pereat mundus,'' which he paraphrases as "Let justice reign even if all the rascals in the world should perish from it."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch: Appendix 1 )〕 Ludwig von Mises created a variation on the phrase more in keeping with his philosophy: "Fiat justitia, ne pereat mundus" ("Let justice be done lest the world perish"). This phrase (in the form "Fiat justitia piriat mundus") is inscribed on the side of John Constantine's lighter in the 2005 film ''Constantine,'' (based on the Vertigo comic book series ''Hellblazer'' and starring Keanu Reeves). ==See also== *Fiat justitia *Fiat justitia ruat caelum, a similar phrase. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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