# Magna Moralia 3.12

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, Β, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/3.12

ἔχει δὲ καὶ τὸ τοιοῦτον ἀπορίαν, οἷον ἐπειδὰν μὴ ᾖ ἅμα πρᾶξαι τἀνδρεῖα καὶ τὰ δίκαια, πότερʼ ἄν τις πράξειεν; ἐν μὲν δὴ ταῖς φυσικαῖς ἀρεταῖς ἔφαμεν τὴν ὁρμὴν μόνον [δεῖν] τὴν πρὸς τὸ καλὸν ὑπάρχειν ἄνευ λόγου· ὁ δʼ ἐστὶν αἵρεσις, ἐν τῷ λόγῳ καὶ τῷ λόγον ἔχοντι ἐστίν. ὥστε ἅμα τὸ ἑλέσθαι [καἴ] παρέσται καὶ ἡ τελεία ἀρετὴ ὑπάρξει, ἣν ἔφαμεν μετὰ φρονήσεως εἶναι, οὑκ ἄνευ δὲ τῆς φυσικῆς ὁρμῆς τῆς ἐπὶ τὸ καλόν.

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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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