Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighbouring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves. Its administration favours the many instead of the few; this is why it is called a democracy. If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differences; if no social standing, advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; nor again does poverty bar the way, if a man is able to serve the state, he is not hindered by the obscurity of his condition. The freedom which we enjoy in our government extends also to our ordinary life. There, far from exercising a jealous surveillance over each other, we do not feel called upon to be angry with our neighbour for doing what he likes, or even to indulge in those injurious looks which cannot fail to be offensive, although they inflict no positive penalty. But all this ease in our private relations does not make us lawless as citizens.
–Funeral Oration,
Pericles
What is Pericles’s point of view about Athens’s laws in relation to the laws of other states?
He thinks other city-states have stolen Athens’s constitution.
He thinks other city-states should copy Athens’s system of laws.
He thinks other city-states have a predictable pattern of laws.
He thinks other city-states should model their laws after other governments.