# Magna Moralia 25.2-3

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, 25.2 to 25.3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/25.2

οἱ μὲν οὖν εὐκαταφρόνητοι ὄντες καὶ φαῦλοι, μεγάλων δʼ αὑτοὺς ἀξιοῦντες καὶ πρὸς τούτοις τιμᾶσθαι οἰόμενοι δεῖν, χαῦνοι· ὅσοι δὲ ἐλαττόνων αὑτοὺς ἀξιοῦσιν ἢ προσῆκον αὐτοῖς, μικρόψυχοι. ὁ ἄρα μέσος τούτων ἐστὶν ὃς μήτε ἐλάττονος τιμῆς αὑτὸν ἀξιοῖ ἢ προσήκει, μήτε μείζονος ἢ ἄξος ἐστίν, μήτε πάσης· οὗτος δʼ ἐστὶν ὁ μεγαλάψυχφοςι ὥστε δῆλον ὅτι ἡ μεγαλοψυχία μεσότης ἐστὶ χαυνότητος καὶ μικροψυχίας.

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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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