# Magna Moralia 2.8

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/2.8

ὡς καὶ αὐτοῦ συναριθμουμένου; ἀλλʼ ἄτοπον. τὸ γὰρ ἄριστον ἐπειδή ἐστι τέλος τέλειον, τὸ δὲ τέλειον τέλος ὡς ἀπλῶς εἰπεῖν οὐθὲν ἂν ἄλλο δόξειεν εἶναι ἢ εὐδαιμονία, τὴν δʼ εὐδαιμονίαν ἐκ πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν συντίθεμεν· ἐὰν δὴ τὸ βέλτεστον σκοπῶν καὶ αὐτὸ συναριθμῇς, αὐτὸ αὐτοῦ ἔσται βέλτιον. αὐτὸ γὰρ βέλτιστον ἐστίν. οἷον τὰ ὑγιεινὰ θεὶς καὶ τὴν ὑγίειαν, σκόπει τί τούτων πάντων βέλτιστον· βέλτιστον δέ ἐστιν ὑγίεια· εἰ δὴ τοῦτο πάντων βέλτιστον, καὶ αὐτὸ αὐτοῦ βέλπιστον.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0086.tlg022.local001/.