# Magna Moralia 34.16

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 34. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/34.16

πότερον δʼ ἐστὶν ἡ φρόνησις καὶ ἡ σοφία ταὐτόν; ἢ οὔ; ἡ μὲν γὰρ σοφία ἐστὶν περὶ τὰ μετʼ ἀποδείξεως καὶ ἀεὶ ὡσαύτως ὄντα, ἡ δὲ φρόνησις οὐ περὶ ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ περὶ τὰ ἐν μεταβολ ὄντα. λέγω δὲ οἷον εὐθὺ μὲν ἢ καμπύλον καὶ κοῖλον καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτώ ἐστιν ἀεὶ τοιαῦτα, τὰ δὲ συμφέροντα οὐκέτι οὕτως ἔχουσιν τὸ μὴ εἰς ἄλλο τι μεταβάλλειν, ἀλλὰ μεταβάλλουσιν, καὶ νῦν μὲν συμφέρει τοῦτο, αὔριον δʼ οὔ, καὶ τῷ μέν, τῷ δʼ οὔ, καὶ οὕτω μὲν συμφέρει, ἐκείνως δὲ οὐ συμφέρει. περὶ δὲ τὰ συμφέροντά ἐστιν ἡ 1197b φρόνησις, ἡ δὲ σοφία οὔ. ἕτερον ἄρα ἡ σοφία καὶ ἡ φρόνησις.

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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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