# Magna Moralia 7.2

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, Β, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/7.2

ἐγγὺς οὖν τὸ ἀλύπως τῆς ἡδονῆς ἐστίν. διόπερ λεκπέον ὑπὲρ ἧδονῆς, οὐ μόνον δὲ διότι καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι οἴονται δεῖν, ἀλλὰ δὴ ἀναγκαῖον ἡμῖν ἐστιν λέγειν ὑπὲρ ἡδονῆς. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὑπὲρ εὐδαιμονίας ἡμῖν ἐστιν ὁ λόγος, τὴν δʼεὐδαιμονίαν διωρέκαμεν καὶ φαμὲν εἶναι ἀρετῆς ἐνέργειαν ἐν βίῳ τελείῳ, ἡ δʼἀρετή ἐστι περὶ ἡδονὴν καὶ λύπην· ὑπὲρ ἡδονῆς ἂν εἴη ἀναγκαῖον εἰπεῖν, ἐπειδήπερ οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ εὐδαιμονία ἄνευ ἡδονῆς.

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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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