# Magna Moralia 4.5

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/4.5

—ἐπεὶ δʼ οὖν ἐστιν ἡ εὐδευιμ̣?νία τέλειεν ἀγαθὸν καὶ τέλος, οὐδὲ τοῦτο δεῖ λανθάνειν ὅτι καὶ ἐν τελείῳ ἔστε. οὐ γὰρ ἔσται ἐν παιδί (οὐ γάρ ἐσα παῖς ὐδαίμων), ἀλλʼ ἐν ἀνδρί· οὗτος γὰρ τέλειρς. — οὐδʼ ἐν χρύνῳ γε ἀιελεῖ, ἀλλʼ ἐν τελείῳ. τέλιος δʼ ἂν εἴη χρόνος, ὅσον ἄνθρωπος βιοῖ. καὶ γὰρ λέγεται ὁρθῶς παρὰ τοῖς πολλοῖς ὅτι δεῖ τὸν εὐδαίμιονα ἐν τῷ κεγίστῳ χρένῳ τοῦ βίον κρίνεν, ὡς δέον τὸ τέλειον εἶναι καὶ ἐν χρένῳ τελείῳ καὶ ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0086.tlg022.local001/.