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If the former alternative is possible, that is, if it may be the giver and not the
receiver of too large a share who acts unjustly, then when a man knowingly and voluntarily
assigns a larger share to another than to himself— as modest people are thought to do, for an equitable man is apt to
take less than his due—this is a case of acting unjustly towards oneself. But
perhaps this also requires qualification. For the man who gave himself the smaller share
may possibly have got a larger share of some other good thing, for instance glory, or
intrinsic moral nobility. Also the inference may be refuted by referring to our definition
of acting unjustly: in the case supposed, the distributor has nothing done to him against
his wish; therefore he does not suffer injustice merely because he gets the smaller share:
at most he only suffers damage.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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