# Magna Moralia 20.11

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/20.11

ἄφοβος δὲ οὐχ ὅταν οὕτω συμπέσῃ τῷ ἀνδρείῳ ὥστε ὅλως μὴ φοβεῖσθαι. ὁμὲν γὰρ τοιοῦτος οὐκ ἀνδρεῖος, ᾧ ὅλως μηθέν ἐστι φοβερόν· οὕτω μὲν γὰρ 〈ἂν〉 ὁ λίθος εἴη καὶ τἆλλα ἄψυχα ἀνδρεῖα· ἀλλὰ δεῖ φοβεῖσθαι μέν, ὑπομένειν δέ εἰ γὰρ αὖ μὴ φοβούμενος ὑπομένει, οὐκ ἂν εἴη ἀνδρεῖος.

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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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