# Magna Moralia 15.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/15.5

τί μὲν οὖν ὁ θεὸς θεάσεται, ἀφείσθω· ὑπὲρ δὲ τῆς αὐταρκείας οὐ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν σκέψιν ποιούμεθα, ἀλλʼ ἀνθρωπίνης, πότερον ὁ αὐτάρκης δεήσεται φιλίας ἢ οὔ; εἰ δή τις ἐπὶ τὸν φίλον ἐπιβλέψας ἴδοι τί ἐστι καὶ ὁποῖάς τις ὁ φίλος, * * τοιοῦτος οἷος ἕτερος εἶναι ἐγώ, ἄν γε καὶ σφόδρα φίλον ποιήσῃς, ὥσπερ τὸ λεγόμενον “ἄλλος οὗτος Ἡρακλῆς, ἄλλος φίλος ἐγώ.

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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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