# Magna Moralia 18.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/18.2

διὰ τοῦτο βουλεύεσθαι ἐνταῦθα ἤδη ὑπάρχει. ἔστιν οὖν ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐν τῇ αἱρέσει τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὐ περὶ τὰ τέλη (ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ ἅπαντες ὁμογνωμονοῦσιν, οἷον τὴν ὑγίεικν ὅτι ἀγαθόν), ἀλλʼ ἤδη τὰ κατὰ τὸ τέλος, οἷον πότερον ἀγαθὸν πρὸς ὑγίειαν φαγεῖν τοῦτο ἢ οὔ. μάλιστα οὖν ποιεῖ ἐν τούτοις τὸ σφάλλεσθαι ἡδονὴ καὶ λύπη· τὴν μὲν γὰρ φεύγομεν, τὴν δὲ αἱρούμεθα.

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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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