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And injustice, which is the insubordination and disobedience of

the inferior elements in the soul, is the opposite of justice,

and is inharmonious and unnatural, being to the soul what disease

is to the body; for in the soul as well as in the body, good or

bad actions produce good or bad habits. And virtue is the health

and beauty and well-being of the soul, and vice is the disease

and weakness and deformity of the soul.