# Magna Moralia 11.51-53

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, 11.51 to 11.53. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/11.51

ἔστιν δὲ φιλία καὶ ἐν ἰσότηπι, οἷον ἡ μὲν τῶν ἑταίρων ἐν ἰσότητι ἀριθμῷ καὶ δυνάμει ἀγαθοῦ (οὐδέτερος γὰρ αὐτῶν ἐσπιν ἄξιος θατέρου πλέον ἔχειν οὔτε κατʼ ἀριθμὸν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε κατὰ δύναμιν οὔτε κατὰ μέγεθος, ἀλλὰ τὸ ἴσον· ἴσοι γάρ τινες ἐθέλουσιν εἶναι οἱ ἑταῖροι) ἐν ἀνισότητι δὲ ἡ πατρὸς πρὸς υἱόν, καὶ ἀρχομένου καὶ ἄρχοντος, καὶ κρείττονος καὶ χείρονος, καὶ γυναικὸς καὶ ἀνδρός, καὶ ἁπλῶς ἐν οἷς ἐστιν ὁ τὴν τοῦ χείρονος καὶ κρείττονος τάξιν ἔχων ἐν τῇ φιλίᾳ. αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἐν ἀνισότητι φιλία κατὰ λόγον. οὐδέποτε γὰρ ἐπʼ ἀγαθοῦ δόσει οὐδεὶς ἴσον ἂν δοίη τῷ βελτίονι καὶ τῷ χείρονι, ἀλλὰ μεῖζον τῷ καθʼ ὑπεροχὴν ὄντι ἀεί. τοῦτο δʼ ἴσον ἐστὶν τῷ λόγῳ· ἴσον γάρ πώς ἐστιν ὁ τὸ ἔλαττον ἔχων ἀγαθὸν χείρων ὢν τῷ μεῖζον ἔχοντι κρείττονι ὄντι.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0086.tlg022.local001/.