# De anima libri mantissa 31-2-33

Alexander of Aphrodisias, De anima libri mantissa, 31 to 33. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/de-anima-libri-mantissa/31-2

διὰ γοῦν τὴν τούτων ἔνδειαν ὁ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἔχων ἑαυτὸν ἐξάγει ποτέ. οὐδὲ γὰρ διὰ τὸ ἀδυνατεῖν ἐκλέγεσθαι ταῦτα ἡ ἐξαγωγή. ὅπερ ἔργον τῆς ἀρετῆς, ἀλλὰ τῷ μὴ παρεῖναι, ἃ οὐκ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῇ. εἰ δὴ οὐκ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῇ μὲν ἡ τούτων παρουσία, ἡ δὲ ἐνέργεια αὐτῆς περὶ τὴν τούτων ἐκλογήν, οὐκ αὐτάρκης ἡ ἀρετὴ πρὸς τὴν οἰκείαν ἐνέργειαν.

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Alexander of Aphrodisias, De anima libri mantissa, ed. Ivo Bruns. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0732.tlg011.local001/.