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Epictetus · c. 50 – c. 135 CE

Fragments 59 — Epictetus

Translation by George Long (1877)

Epictetus, Fragments 59

As that which is straight does not need that which is straight, so neither does the just need that which is just.
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A straight rule does not need another straight rule to check it, and a just person does not need anyone else's justice to make them just. Goodness stands on its own measure.

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  • Justice and fairness
  • Virtue and character

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