# Magna Moralia 15.1

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/15.1

τοῦ οὖν βιαίου οὗτος ἡμῖν ἔστω ὁ ὁρισμός, ὧν ἐκτός ἐστιν ἡ αἰτία, ὑφ᾿ ἧς βιάζονται πράττειν (ὧν δ᾿ ἐντὸς καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἡ αἰτία, οὐ βία)· πάλιν δ᾿ ὑπὲρ ἀνάγκης καὶ τοῦ ἀναγκαίου λεκτέον. τὸ δὲ ἀναγκαῖον οὐ πάντως οὐδ᾿ ἐν παντὶ λεκτέον ἐστίν, οἷον ὅσα ἡδονῆς ἕνεκεν πράττομεν. εἰ γάρ τις λέγοι ὅτι ἠναγκάσθην τὴν τοῦ φίλου γυναῖκα διαφθεῖραι ὑπὸ τῆς ἡδονῆς, ἄτοπος ἂν εἴη.

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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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