# Magna Moralia 1.17-18

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, 1.17 to 1.18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/1.17

οὐδὲ δὴ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἐπαγωγὴν κοινοῦ ἀγαθοῦ λεπτέον τῇ πολιτικῇ, ὅτι τὰ αὐτὰ ἀδύνατα συμβήσεται τούτῳ καὶ τ κατὰ τὸν ὅρον κοινῷ ἀγαθῷ. ὅτι γὰρ ἀγαθόν, καὶ ἐνταῦθʼ ἐρεῖ. — δῆλον τοίνυν ὅτι ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀρίστου ἀγαθοῦ λεκτέον ἐστὶν καὶ ἀρίστου τοῦ ἡμῖν ἀρίστου τὸ δʼ ὅλον ἴδοι ἄν τις ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν μιᾶς οὔτʼ ἐπιστήμης οὔτε δυνάμεως τὸ ὑπὲρ παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ σκοπεῖν. διὰ τί; ὅτι τἀγαθὸν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς κατηγορίαις ἐστίν· καὶ γάρ ἐν τῷ τί καὶ ἐν τῷ ποιῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ ποσῷ καὶ πότε καὶ πρός τι [καὶ τινὶ] καὶ ἁπλῶς ἐν ἀπάσαις.

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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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