# Magna Moralia 17.10

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/17.10

διὸ δὴ ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις τὸ βουλεύσασθαί ἐστι τὸ πῶς δεῖ, ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἐπιστήμαις οὔ. οὐθεὶς γὰρ βουλεύεται πῶς δεῖ γράψαι τὸ ὄνομα Ἀρχικλέους, ὅτι ἐστὶν ὡρισμένον πῶς δεῖ ῎ξγράψαι τὸ ὄνομα Ἀρχικλέους. ἡ οὖν ἁμαρτία οὐ γίγνεται ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ τοῦ γράφειν. ἐν οἷς γὰρ μή ἐστιν ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ, οὐδὲ βουλεύονται ὑπὲρ τούτων· ἀλλʼ ἐν οἷς ἤδη ἀόριστόν ἐστι τὸ ὡς δεῖ, ἐνταῦθα ἡ ἁμαρτία.

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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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