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Hence, while the equitable is just, and is superior to
one sort of justice, it is not superior to absolute justice, but only to the error due to
its absolute statement. This is the essential nature of the equitable: it is a
rectification of law where law is defective because of its generality. In fact this is the
reason why things are not all determined by law: it is because there are some cases for
which it is impossible to lay down a law, so that a special ordinance becomes necessary.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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