# Magna Moralia 11.33

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/11.33

ἐν δὲ φιλίᾳ μὴ διὰ ταὐτὸ φίλοι ἐσμέν, μᾶλλον αἱ διαφοραί. ἄδηλος γὰρ ἡ ἔλλεωψις παρʼ ἑκατέρου. οἷον εἰ ὃ μὲν διʼ ἡδονὴν φίλος ἐστὶν ὃ δὲ διὰ τὸ συμφέρον, ἐνταῦθα ἡ ἀμφισβήτησις· οὔτε γὰρ ὁ τῷ συμφέροντι ὑπερέχων ἀξίαν οἴεται τὴν ἡδονὴν ἀντικαταλλάττεσθαι τοῦ συμφέροντος, οὔτε ὁ τῇ ἡδονῇ ὑπερέχων ἀξίαν τῆς ἡδονῆς ἐν τῷ συμφέροντι χάριν ἀπολαμβάνειν. διὸ μᾶλλον αἱ διαφοραὶ ἐν ταῖς τοιαύταις φιλίαις γίνονται.

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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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