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Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (ed. J. Bywater)
Book 6
Editions and translations: Greek (ed. J. Bywater) | English (ed. H. Rackham)
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nous esti kai ou logos, kai ho men kata tas apodeixeis tôn akinêtôn horôn kai prôtôn, ho d' en tais praktikais tou eschatou kai endechomenou kai tês heteras protaseôs: archai gar tou hou heneka hautai: ek tôn kath' hekasta gar ta katholou: toutôn oun echein dei aisthêsin, hautê d' esti nous. dio kai phusika dokei einai tauta, kai phusei sophos men oudeis, gnômên d' echein kai sunesin kai noun. sêmeion d' hoti kai tais hêlikiais oiometha akolouthein, kai hêde hê hêlikia noun echei kai gnômên, hôs tês phuseôs aitias ousês. [dio kai archê kai telos nous: ek toutôn gar hai apodeixeis kai peri toutôn.] hôste dei prosechein tôn empeirôn kai presbuterôn ê phronimôn tais anapodeiktois phasesi kai doxais ouch hêtton tôn apodeixeôn: dia gar to echein ek tês empeirias omma horôsin orthôs. ti men oun estin hê phronêsis kai hê sophia, kai peri ti hekatera tunchanei ousa, kai hoti allou tês psuchês moriou aretê hekatera, eirêtai.
diaporêseie d' an tis peri autôn ti chrêsimoi eisin. hê men gar sophia ouden theôrêsei ex hôn estai eudaimôn anthrôpos oudemias gar esti geneseôs, hê de phronêsis touto men echei, alla tinos heneka dei autês; eiper hê men phronêsis estin hê peri ta dikaia kai kala kai agatha anthrôpôi, tauta d' estin ha tou agathou estin andros prattein, ouden de praktikôteroi tôi eidenai auta esmen, eiper hexeis hai aretai eisin, hôsper oude ta hugieina oude ta euektika, hosa mê tôi poiein alla tôi apo tês hexeôs einai legetai: outhen gar praktikôteroi tôi echein tên iatrikên kai gumnastikên esmen. ei de mê toutôn charin phronimon rhêteon alla tou ginesthai, tois ousi spoudaiois outhen an eiê chrêsimos: eti d' oude tois mê echousin: ouden gar dioisei autous echein ê allois echousi peithesthai, hikanôs t' echoi an hêmin hôsper kai peri tên hugieian: boulomenoi gar hugiainein homôs ou manthanomen iatrikên. pros de toutois atopon an einai doxeien, ei cheirôn tês sophias ousa kuriôtera autês estai: hê gar poiousa archei kai epitattei peri hekaston. peri dê toutôn lekteon: nun men gar êporêtai peri autôn monon.
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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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