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1. Everything has a functionthat it alone can do or that ir does better than anything else (ergon)

2. The virtue/ experience of a thing is that property that enables it to perform its function well (arete)

3.The function of the soul is living

4.From (2) and (3), the virtue of the soul is whatever enables it to perform its function well.

5. Justice is the virtue of the soul

6. Therefore from (5) and (6), a just person will live well and an unjust person will live badly

7. Therefore a just person is happy

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