# Magna Moralia 15.4

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, Β, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/15.4

ἔστι γὰρ καὶ τοιοῦτός τις λόγος ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοῦ λεγόμενος. ἐπεὶ γάρ, φησί, πάντα ἔχει τἀγαθὰ ὁ θεὸς καί ἐστιν αὐτάρκης τί ποιήσει; οὐ γὰρ καθευδήσει. θεάσεται δή τι, φησίν· τοῦτο γὰρ κάλλιστον καὶ οἰκειότατον τί οὖν θεάσεται; εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλο τι θεάοεται, βέλτιον θεώσεταί τι αὑτοῦ. ἀλλὰ τοῦτʼ ἄτοπον, τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄλλο τι εἶναι βέλτιον. αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν ἂρα θεάσετα ἀλλʼ ἄτοπον· καὶ γὰρ ὁ ἄνθρωπος [ὃς] ἂν αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν κατασκοπῆται, ὡς ἀναισθήτῳ ἐπιτιμῶμεν. ἄτοπος οὖν, φησίν, ὁ θεὸς ἔσται αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν θεώμενος.

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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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