# Magna Moralia 11.24

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, Β, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/11.24

πολλάκις δὲ μένε μὲν ἡ φιλία, κακῶς δʼ ἐχρήσα τῷ φίλῳ, διὸ ἀγανακτοῦσιν· ἔστι δὲ οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἄλογον. οὐ γὰρ διʼ ἀρετὴν ἡ φιλία σοι πρὸς τοῦτον ὑπῆρχεν, διὸ οὐδʼ ἄτοπον μηδὲν ποιεῖν αὐτὸν τῶν παθʼ ἀρετήν. ἀγανακτοῦσιν οὖν οὐκ ὀρθῶς διʼ ἡδονὴν γὰρ ποιησώαενοι τὴν φιλίαν, τὴν διʼ ἀρετὴν οἴονται δεῖν αὐτοῖς ὑπάρχειν· τὸ δʼ οὺ δυνατόν· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ διʼ ἡδονὴν καὶ τὸ συμφέρον ἀρετῆς ἐχομένη.

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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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