Futhi niyazi ukuthi inkemba Damocles?

I mazwi adumile abonisa "Inkemba Damocles" sisekelwe kulo mfanekiso lasendulo zokuziphatha, okwakubekelwa yawenza by LamaRoma sefilosofi Cicero e 45 BC. e. Cicero likhuluma ngezinsizwa nezintombi Dionysus II - yinkosi-engumashiqela ake abusa emzini Sicilia of Syracuse ku lesine nelesihlanu BC.

Umzekeliso yinkosi

NoDiyonisiyu wayecebile futhi enamandla, kodwa abalusizi kakhulu. Ngenxa isitayela sakhe okuphikelelayo uhulumeni wenza eziningi izitha, ngakho ngaso sonke wayesaba lokubulala. Ngenxa yalokho, okwathi ngemva kwalokho walala ekamelweni lokulala, okuyinto esasikuyo manje nayo yayibiyelwe nomsele, nendodakazi yakhe kuphela omethembayo ngokwanele ukuba uzenzele leso lwamsiza ukuba aphucule entshebeni yakhe.

Wayengubani Damocles?

Cicero uthi lokhu ukungeneliseki ngokuphila kwakhe usufikile, inkosi, emva yijaji smarmy okuthiwa Damocles yithela kuye nge izincomo kanye indawo, yeka indlela esibusiseke ukuba ukuphila kwakhe. "Uma ukuphila kwami nokukwazisa, - uthe i noDiyonisiyu wacasuka - ungazama ke okuhlangenwe nakho kwawo siqu." Lapho Damocles bavumelana, inkosi yahlala kuye phansi usofa segolide futhi yayala ezihlukahlukene ezincekwini elinde eduze kwakhe. Waletha izingcezu namanzi kwenyama ahlinzekwa amakha elimnandi namafutha. Damocles babengekholwe inhlanhla yakhe. Kodwa ejabulela izinsuku ezinsukwini zenkosi, wathi noDiyonisiyu futhi hung insingo-ebukhali ophahleni. Laliqhele ngqo ngaphezu kwekhanda Damocles, futhi wamgcina olulodwa behhashi ntambo. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, kepha ukumesaba enkantolo empilweni yami akamvumelanga ukujabulela ubukhazikhazi holidi kanye usizwa izinceku. Elinganisa ukuyiqabula njengesenzo nhla ambalwa kwemizwa ngaleso inkemba ukuthi esasiphezu kwawo, Damocles ucele ukuyikhulula, njengoba akacabanganga okungangako ukuthi waba nenhlanhla kakhulu.

Ukuze ufunde ngendaba Cicero sika Dionysus futhi Damocles lisekela iqiniso lokuthi phezu iziphathimandla njalo phezulu usongo yokukhathazeka ukufa, nokuthi ngeke ajabule yilabo njalo wesabe okuthile.

Wesimanje

Kamuva, ezincwadini ephakathi, lo mfanekiso isibe leitmotif, futhi le nkulumo ethi "domoklov inkemba" futhi manje kabanzi ukuchaza umuzwa ingozi esondelayo emkhathizwe. Elinye lamacala edume kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwayo - ngo-1961, ngesikhathi iMpi Yomshoshaphansi, lapho uMengameli waseMelika uJohn F. Kennedy, wabeka inkulumo phambi yeziZwe. Wathi: "Wonke umuntu, owesilisa nowesifazane kanye nengane ehlala ngaphansi inkemba enuzi Damocles ukuthi ungawela nganoma isiphi isikhathi ngenxa yengozi, miscalculation, noma ubuhlanya."