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There remain yet two points on which we purposed to speak: first,

is he chargeable with an unjust act who in distribution has given

the larger share to one party contrary to the proper rate, or he

that has the larger share? next, can a man deal unjustly by

himself?

In the first question, if the first-named alternative is possible

and it is the distributor who acts unjustly and not he who has

the larger share, then supposing that a person knowingly and

willingly gives more to another than to himself here is a case of

a man dealing unjustly by himself; which, in fact, moderate men

are thought to do, for it is a characteristic of the equitable

man to take less than his due.