# Magna Moralia 18.1

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/18.1

— ἔτι δʼ ἐστὶν ἡ διάνοια οὐχ ὥσπτερ αἴσθησις, οἷον τῇ ὄψει οὐκ ἂν δύναιτʼ οὐθὲν ἂν ἄλλο ποιῆσαι ἢ ἰδεῖν, οὐδὲ τῇ ἀκοῇ οὐθὲν ἄλλο ἢ ἀκοῦσαι. ὁμοίως δὲ οὐδὲ βουλευόμεθα πότερον δεῖ ἀκοῦσαι τῇ ἀκοῇ ἢ ἰδεῖν. ἡ δὲ διάνοια οὐ τοιοῦτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο δύναται πράττειν καὶ ἄλλα.

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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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