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There is then some kind of Injustice distinct from that

co-extensive with Vice and related to it as a part to a whole,

and some "Unjust" related to that which is co-extensive with

violation of the law as a part to a whole.

Again, suppose one man seduces a man's wife with a view to gain

and actually gets some advantage by it,[6] and another does the

same from impulse of lust, at an expense of money and damage;

this latter will be thought to be rather destitute of

self-mastery than a grasping man, and the former Unjust but not

destitute of self-mastery: now why? plainly because of his

gaining.

Again, all other acts of Injustice we refer to some particular

depravity, as, if a man commits adultery, to abandonment to his

passions; if he deserts his comrade, to cowardice; if he strikes

another, to anger: but if he gains by the act to no other vice

than to Injustice.