# Magna Moralia 5.3

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/5.3

ἔστιν δʼ ἡ ἀρετὴ ἡ ἠθικὴ ὑπὸ ἐνδείας καὶ ὑπερβολῆς φθειρομένη. ὅτι δὲ ἡ ἔνδεια καὶ ἡ ὑπερβολὴ φθείρει, τοῦτʼ ἰδεῖν ἔστιν ἐκ τῶν ἠθικῶν (δεῖ δʼ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀφανῶν τοῖς φανεραῖς μαρτυρίοις χρῆσθαι). εὐθέως γὰρ ἐπὶ γυμνασίων ἴδοι ἄν τις· πολλῶν γὰρ γινομένων φθείρεται ἡ ἰσχύς, ὀλίγων τε ὡσαύτως. ἐπὶ τε ποτῶν καὶ σιτίων ὡσ̣?ύτως· πολλῶν τε γὰρ δὴ γιν̣?μένων φθείρεται ἡ ὑγίε̣?, ἀλέγων τε ὡσαύτως, συμμέτρων δὲ γινομένων σῴζεται ἡ ἰσχὺς καὶ ἡ ὑγί̣?α.

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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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