# Magna Moralia 5.4-5

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, 5.4 to 5.5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/5.4

ὁμοίως δὲ τούτοις συμβαίνει καὶ ἐπὶ σωφροσύνης καὶ ἐπὶ ἀνδρείας καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀρετῶν. ἐὰν μὲν γάρ τινα λέαν ποιήσῃς ἄφοβον ὥστε μηδὲ τοὺ θεοὺς φοβεῖσθαι, σὐκ ἀνδρεῖος ἀλλὰ μαινόμενος, ἂν δὲ φαβούμενον πάντα, δειλός· ἀνδρεῖος ἄρα ἔσται οὔτε ὁ φοβούμενος πάντα οὔτε ὁ μηθέν. ταὔτ᾿ ἄρα καὶ αὔξει καὶ φθείρει τὴν ἀρετήν. καὶ γὰρ οἱ λίαν φέβοι καὶ πάντες φθείρου̣?, καὶ οἱ περὶ μηθὲν δὲ ὁμοίως. ἔστιν δ᾿ ἡ ἀνδρεία περὶ φόβ:??υς, ὥσν οἱ μέτριοι φ̣? αὔξουσι τὴν ἀνδρείαν. ὑπὸ τῶν αὐτῶν ὤρα καὶ αὔξεται καὶ φθείρεται ἡ ἀνδρεία· ὑπὸ φέβων γὰρ τοῦτο πάσχ̣?. ὁμείως δὲ καὶ αἱ ἄλλαι ὠρεταί.

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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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