The contemporaneity of the aristotelian concept of equity and its relevance to the construction and effectiveness of equitable education

Aristotle said that equity can only be presented before a society that, even as diverse as nature, takes care of each unequal with inequality aiming to build equality between people, that is, gradually eliminating the fine line between what links inequality to circumstances. This concept was perpetuated over the years by leaving Greece, arriving in Rome, and going through Christianity and the French Revolution. In 1934, it officially arrived in Brazil in the Constitution of that year, was perpetuated during the Military Dictatorship, and entered the Federal Constitution of 1988. Thus, it established distinctions in the treatment of inequalities to enable all Brazilians to be equal, thus fulfilling the principle of freedom. Nowadays, the principle of equity should not only be ensured in public policies, especially educational policies but also be deployed and implemented. This article aims to present the Aristotelian concept of equity and thus go back, in general terms, to its use over time, culminating in the construction and implementation of equitable education. The methodology used in the research is historical-analytical and part of a bibliographic review, having as principal author Aristotle and as main work Nicomachean Ethics.