[* Honesty must be taken here in its broad sense as synonymous with moral goodness, from the point of view of decorum.]
We must now consider honesty, under which head there are four points of inquiry:
A1 The relation between the honest and the virtuous;
A2 Its relation with the beautiful [* As honesty here denotes moral goodness, so beauty stands for moral beauty];
A3 Its relation with the useful and the pleasant;
A4 Whether honesty is a part of temperance?
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