# De anima libri mantissa 34-4

Alexander of Aphrodisias, De anima libri mantissa, Ὅτι οὐκ αὐτάρκης ἡ ἀρετὴ πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/de-anima-libri-mantissa/34-4

ἔτι διττῆς οὔσης τῆς ἐνεργείας καθ᾿ ἑκάστην τέχνην, τῆς μὲν ἐν προηγουμένοις, ὡς τῷ αὐλητῇ, εἰ ὑγιαίνοι τε τῷ σώματι καὶ αὐλούς, οἵους βούλεται ἔχοι καὶ μηδὲν ἔξωθεν αὐτὸν ἐνοχλοῖ, τῆς δὲ ἐν ἀβουλήτοις καὶ ἐναντίοις τῶν προειρημένων, ὥσπερ ταῖς ἄλλαις τέχναις τὸ τέλος ἐν ταῖς περὶ τὰ βουλητὰ καὶ ἐν προηγουμέναις ἐνεργείαις, οὕτως καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρετῆς, εἴ γε καὶ αὕτη τέχνη.

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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/.
