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Justice Benefits True Friends
- Justice is the art that gives good to friends and harm to enemies, but only when friends and enemies are rightly defined.
- Doing harm to anyone is unjust because it deteriorates their virtue, like injuring a horse or musician.
Justice Brings Unity, Injustice Division
- The unjust are more powerful but live disordered, while justice brings harmony and unity.
- Injustice causes internal strife and disunity, making it ultimately weak despite apparent strength.
Justice as Soul’s Excellence
- The soul's excellence is its justice; without it, the soul fails to fulfill its purpose.
- A just soul leads to happiness and a good life, unlike an unjust soul which leads to misery.