# Magna Moralia 34.27

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/34.27

πότερον δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἡ φρόνησις ἀρετὴ ἢ οὔ, ἀπορήσειεν ἄντις. οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ ἐντεῦθεν ἂν γένοιτο δῆλον ὅτι ἀρετή. εἴπερ γὰρ ἡ δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἡ ἀνδρεία κε αἱ ἄλλαι ἀρεταί, διότι τῶν καλῶν πρακτικαί, καὶ ἐπαινεταὶ εἰσίν, δῆλον ὡς καὶ ἡ φρόνησις τῶν ἐπαινετῶν ἄν τι εἴη καὶ τῶν ἐν ἀρετῆς τάξει ὄντων. ἐφʼ ἃ γὰρ ἡ ἀνδρεία ὁρμᾷ πράττειν, ἐπὶ ταῦτα καὶ ἡ φρόνησις. τὸ γὰρ ὅλον ὡς ἂν αὕτη προστάττῃ, οὕτω καὶ ἡ ἀνδρεία πράττει, ὥστε εἰ αὐτὴ ἐπαινετὴ τῷ ποιεῖν ἃ ἂν ἡ φρόνησις προστάττῃ, ἥ γε φρόνησις τελείως ἂν εἴη καὶ ἐπαινετὴ καὶ ἀρετῶ.

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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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