# Magna Moralia 9.11

Aristotle, Magna Moralia, ΗΟΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΩΝ Α., Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/magna-moralia/9.11

— ἔλεγον δὲ καὶ τοιαύτην τινὰ παραβολὴν, βουλόμενοι δεικνύναι ὅτι οὐχ ἑκούσιον. διὰ τί γάρ, φασίν, ὅταν νοσῶμεν ἢ αἰσχροὶ ὦμεν, οὐδεὶς ψέγει τοὺς τοιούτους; τὸ δ᾿ οὐκ ἀληθές· ψέγομεν γὰρ καὶ τοὺς τοιούτους, ὅταν αὐτοὺς οἰηθῶμεν αἰτίους εἶναι τοῦ νοσεῖν ἢ τοῦ κακῶς ἔχειν τὸ σῶμα, ὡς ὃν καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὸ ἑκούσιον. ἔοικεν οὖν ἐν τῷ κατ᾿ ἀρετὴν καὶ κακίαν εἶναι τὸ ἑκούσιον.

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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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