He used to define justice as "a virtue of the soul distributing that
which each person deserved."
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Aristotle, xi
which each person deserved."
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Aristotle, xi
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