'talion' in Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation | Bookmarker

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(from the Latin talio) a retaliation authorized by law, in which the punishment corresponds in kind and degree to the injury (eye for an eye)

Human behavior being pure talion

—p.94 A Few Words from Monsieur Poujade (92) by Roland Barthes

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