Boethius, Consolatio Philosophiae, Book Four , Prosa 4: , line 11

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aequum est: ("it is equitable/fair") governs the subjunctive clauses ( demonstret . . . ostendat ) ÄÄ compare necesse est . efficacem: "productive of," with objective genitive (a later Latin construction). nihil . . . causetur （< causor , "plead, quibble") : "there is nothing which can be cavilled at concerning the conclusion," i.e., "there can be no quibble about . . ."

Consolatio Philosophiae, A Commentary. James J. O'Donnell. edited for Perseus. Ariane Schwartz.

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