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We have next to speak of Equity and the Equitable, that is to

say, of the relations of Equity to Justice and the Equitable to

the Just; for when we look into the matter the two do not appear

identical nor yet different in kind; and we sometimes commend the

Equitable and the man who embodies it in his actions, so that by

way of praise we commonly transfer the term also to other acts

instead of the term good, thus showing that the more Equitable a

thing is the better it is: at other times following a certain

train of reasoning we arrive at a difficulty, in that the

Equitable though distinct from the Just is yet praiseworthy; it

seems to follow either that the Just is not good or the Equitable

not Just, since they are by hypothesis different; or if both are

good then they are identical.