# Magna Moralia 17.11

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/17.11

ἔστιν δʼ ἐν τοῖς πρακτοῖς τὸ ἀόριστον, καὶ ἐν οἷς διτταὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι. ἁμαρτάνομεν οὗν ἐν τοῖς πρακτοῖς καὶ ἐν τοῖς κατὰ τὰς ἀρετὰς ὁμοίως. τῆς γὰρ ἀρετῆς στοχαζόμενοι ἁμαρτάνομεν ἐπὶ τὰς πεφυκυίας ὁδούς. ἔστι γὰρ καὶ ἐν ἐλλείψει καὶ ἐν ὑπερβολῇ ἁμαρτία, ἐφʼ ἑκάτερα δὲ τούτων φερόμεθα διʼ ἡδονὴν καὶ λύπην· διὰ μὲν γὰρ τὴν ἡδονὴν τὰ φαῦλα πράττομεν, διὰ δὲ τὴν λύπην τὰ καλὰ φεύγομεν.

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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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