# Magna Moralia 6.3

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/6.3

ἠθικὴ γὰρ καλεῖται διὰ τὸ ἐθίζεσθαι. ᾧ καὶ δῇλον ὅτι οὐδεμία ἡμῖν τῶν ἀρετῶν τῶν τοῦ ἀλόγον μέρους φύσει ἐγγίνεται· οὐθὲν γὰρ τῶν ὄντων φύσει ἔθει ἄλλως γίνεται. οἷον ὁ λίθος καὶ ὅλως τὰ βαρέα πέφυκε κάτω φέρεσθαι· ἄν τις οὖν· ἄνω ῥίπτῃ πολλάκις καὶ ἐθίζῃ ἄνω φέρεσθαι, ὅμως οὐκ ἄν ποτε ἄνω ἐνεχθείη, ἀλλ᾿ ἀεὶ κάτω. ὁμ̣?ίως [καὶ] ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων.

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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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