# Magna Moralia 12.1-2

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, Β, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/12.1-2

τῶν δὲ φιλιῶν ἁπασῶν τῶν εἰρημένων τούτων μάλιστά πως ἐγγίνεται τὸ φιλεῖν ἐν τῇ συγγενιῇ, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν τῇ πατρὶ πρὸς υἱόν. καὶ διὰ τί ποτε ὁ πατὴρ τὸν υἱὸν μᾶλλον φιλεῖ ἢ ὁ υἱὸς τὸν πατέρα; πότερον οὖν, ὡς ἔνιοι λέγοντες ὀρθῶς πρός γε τοὺς πολλούς, ὅτι ὁ μὲν πατὴρ εὐεργέτηκέν πως τὸν υἱόν, ὁ δʼ υἱὸς χάριν ὀφείλει τῆς εὐεργεσίας;

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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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