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Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (ed. J. Bywater)
Book 3
Editions and translations: Greek (ed. J. Bywater) | English (ed. H. Rackham)
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hairountai oun to hêdu hôs agathon, tên de lupên hôs kakon pheugousin.
ontos dê boulêtou men tou telous, bouleutôn de kai proairetôn tôn pros to telos, hai peri tauta praxeis kata proairesin an eien kai hekousioi. hai de tôn aretôn energeiai peri tauta. eph' hêmin dê kai hê aretê, homoiôs de kai hê kakia. en hois gar eph' hêmin to prattein, kai to mê prattein, kai en hois to mê, kai to nai: hôst' ei to prattein kalon on eph' hêmin esti, kai to mê prattein eph' hêmin estai aischron on, kai ei to mê prattein kalon on eph' hêmin, kai to prattein aischron on eph' hêmin. ei d' eph' hêmin ta kala prattein kai ta aischra, homoiôs de kai to mê prattein, touto d' ên to agathois kai kakois einai, eph' hêmin ara to epieikesi kai phaulois einai. to de legein hôs oudeis hekôn ponêros oud' akôn makarios eoike to men pseudei to d' alêthei: makarios men gar oudeis akôn, hê de mochthêria hekousion. ê tois ge nun eirêmenois amphisbêtêteon, kai ton anthrôpon ou phateon archên einai oude gennêtên tôn praxeôn hôsper kai teknôn. ei de tauta phainetai kai mê echomen eis allas archas anagagein para tas en hêmin, hôn kai hai archai en hêmin, kai auta eph' hêmin kai hekousia. toutois d' eoike martureisthai kai idiai huph' hekastôn kai hup' autôn tôn nomothetôn: kolazousi gar kai timôrountai tous drôntas mochthêra, hosoi mê biai ê di' agnoian hês mê autoi aitioi, tous de ta kala prattontas timôsin, hôs tous men protrepsontes tous de kôlusontes. kaitoi hosa mêt' eph' hêmin esti mêth' hekousia, oudeis protrepetai prattein, hôs ouden pro ergou on to peisthênai mê thermainesthai ê algein ê peinên ê all' hotioun tôn toioutôn: outhen gar hêtton peisometha auta. kai gar ep' autôi tôi agnoein kolazousin, ean aitios einai dokêi tês agnoias, hoion tois methuousi dipla ta epitimia: hê gar archê en autôi: kurios gar tou mê methusthênai, touto d' aition tês agnoias. kai tous agnoountas ti tôn en tois nomois, ha dei epistasthai kai mê chalepa esti,
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This text is based on the following book(s): ed. J. Bywater, Aristotle's Ethica Nicomachea. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1894. OCLC: 6838264
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