# Magna Moralia 1.12

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/1.12

—τότερον οὖν ὑπὲρ τῆς ἰδέας τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ δεἴ, ἢ οὔ, ἀλλʼ ὡς τὸ κοινὸν ἐν ἅπασιν ὑπάρχον ἀγακθόν; ἕτέρον γὰρ τῆς ἰδέας τοῦτο δόξειεν ἂν εἶναι. ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἰδέα χωριστὸν καὶ αὐτὸ καθʼ αὐτό· τὸ δὲ κοινὸν ἐν ἅπεασιν ὑπάρχει, οὐκ ἔστιν δὴ ταὐτὸν τῷ χωριστῷ. οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε τὸ χωριστὸν καὶ τὸ πεφυκὸς αὐτὸ καθʼ αὐτὸ εἶναι ἐν πᾶσιν ὑπάρχοι.

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Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ed. Franz Susemihl. 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.
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