# Magna Moralia 12.1

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

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

ἐπεὶ οὖν φαίνεται ἐφʼ ἡμῖν ὂν τὸ σπουδαῖον εἶναι, ἀναγκαῖον τὸ μετὰ ταῦτα εἰπεῖν ὑπὲρ ἑκουσίου, τί ἐστι τὸ ἑκούσιον· τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι τὸ κυριώτατον πρὸς τὴν ἀρετήν, τὸ ἑκούσιον. ἔκούσιον δὲ ἁπλῶς μὲν οὕτως ῥηθῆναί ἐστιν ὃ πράττομεν μὴ ἀναγκαζόμενοι· ἀλλʼ ἴσως σαφέστερον λεκτέον ἐστὶν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ.

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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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