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What is the fairest application of the law, applying it to the letter in all cases or allowing the judge some scope to interpret it? Throughout this text we will present how there have been many supporters of a “literalism” when it comes to applying the law, and for this we will explain what happened during the French Revolution. Based on Rousseau's opinion, the enlightened French believed that the legislator, as the creator of the law, was the one who best knew the spirit of it, then the interpretation of the law by the jurist was arbitrary. In other words: the work of the judge was understood nothing more than the inference of a conclusion from certain premises (the law and the case). Aristotle, however, had already foreseen this problem. So, the purpose of this writing is (1) to explain what has led to wanting to apply the law to the letter, (2) what are its risks and (3) the solution that Aristotle proposes to this matter, where we will talk about prudence and the judge as "law endowed with life."

Héctor Zagal Arreguín, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City, Mexico

PhD in Philosophy from the Universidad de Navarra. Research professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City. Member of the National System of Researchers. His most recent publications are: (2020). Naturaleza y demonio: A propósito de ensueños y adivinos en Arístóteles. Ideas y valores, 69(172), 9-20. doi: https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v69n172.64494; in co-authorship with Víctor Gómez Villanueva, (2019). Virtudes. La trama de la felicidad según Aristóteles. Mexico: Ariel; (2019). La música en Aristóteles. Open Insight, 10(19), 149-163. doi: 10.23924 / oi.v10n19a2019.pp% 25p.358.

Leonardo Ramos-Umaña, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

Doctor of Philosophy from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Scholar of the Postdoctoral Scholarship program at UNAM, Institute of Philological Research, advised by Dr. Omar Álvarez, Professor of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters (UNAM). His latest publications are as follows: (2019). Sobre la reformación del carácter en Aristóteles. Open Insight, 10(18), 11-42. doi: 10.23924 / oi.v10n18a2019.pp% 25p.333 y (2018). Asesinar, robar y fornicar: los absolutos morales en Aristóteles. Praxis Filosófica, (46), 199-219. doi: 10.25100 / pfilosofica.v0i46.6169.

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Zagal Arreguín, H., & Ramos-Umaña, L. (2020). Justice or Equity: Aristotle and Jurisprudence. Praxis Filosófica, (51), 133–150. https://doi.org/10.25100/pfilosofica.v0i51.10102

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