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Thus it is clear that there is a kind of Injustice different from

and besides that which includes all Vice, having the same name

because the definition is in the same genus; for both have their

force in dealings with others, but the one acts upon honour, or

wealth, or safety, or by whatever one name we can include all

these things, and is actuated by pleasure attendant on gain,

while the other acts upon all things which constitute the sphere

of the good man's action.

Chapter IV.

Now that there is more than one kind of Justice, and that there

is one which is distinct from and besides that which is

co-extensive with, Virtue, is plain: we must next ascertain what

it is, and what are its characteristics.