# Magna Moralia 34.25

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/34.25

οὐδʼ αὖ ὁ λόγος καὶ ἡ προαίρεσις οὐ πάνυ τελειοῦται τῷ εἶναι ἀρετὴ ἄνευ τῆς φυσικῆς ὁρμῆς. διὸ οὐκ ὀρθῶς Σωκράτης ἔλεγεν, φάσκων εἶναι τὴν ἀρετὴν λόγον· οὐδὲν γὰρ ὄφελος εἶναι πράττειν τὰ ἀνδρεῖα καὶ τὰ δίκαια, μὴ εἰδότα καὶ προαιρούμενον τῷ λόγῳ. διὸ τὴν ἀρετὴν ἔφη λόγον εἶναι, οὐκ ὀρθῶς, ἀλλʼ οἱ νῶν βέλτιον· τὸ γὰρ κατὰ τὸν ὀρθὸν λόγον πράττειν τὰ καλὰ, τοῦτό φασιν εἶναι ἀρετήν·

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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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