# Magna Moralia 34.17

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/34.17

πότερον δʼ ἐστὶν ἡ σοφία ἀρετὴ ἢ οὔ; διὰ τοῦτο δῆλον ἂν γένοιτο, ὅτι ἐπτὶν ἀρετή, ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς φρονήσεως. εἰ γὰρ ἡ φρόνησις ἀρετὴ ἐστίν, ὡς φαμέν, τοῦ μαρίου τοῦ ἑτέρου τῶν λόγον ἐχόντων, ἔστιν δὲ χείρων ἡ φρόνησις τῆς σοφίας (περὶ χείρω γὰρ ἐστίν· ἡ μὲν γὰρ σοφία περὶ τὸ ἀίδιον καὶ τὸ θεῖον, ὡς φαμέν, ἡ δὲ φρόνησις περὶ τὸ συμφέρον ἀνθρώπῳ), εἰ οὖντὸ χεῖρον ἀρετὴ ἐστί, τό γε βέλτιον εἰκός ἐστιν ἀρετὴν εἶναι, ὥστε δῆλον ὅτι ἡ σοφία ἀρετὴ ἐστίν.

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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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