# Liber de philosophorum sectis (epitome ap. Stobaeum) 14

Arius Didymus, Liber de philosophorum sectis (epitome ap. Stobaeum), Περὶ τοῦ ἠθικοῦ εἴδους τῆς φιλοσοφίας.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arius-didymus/liber-de-philosophorum-sectis-epitome-ap-stobaeum/14

Εἰ πᾶν τὸ καλὸν δι’ αὑτὸ αἱρετόν; Κατὰ μὲν Πλάτωνα πᾶν. Καὶ γὰρ ἀρετὴν πᾶσαν, καὶ τὴν καθ’ ἑκάστην ἕξιν σπουδαίαν, καὶ τὴν ἐνέργειαν, ἥτις ἐστὶ πρᾶξις μετὰ λόγου. Ὠνομάσθη γοῦν καλόν, ὅτι κλητικόν ἐστιν ἐφ’ αὑτό. Τῷ δ’ Ἀριστοτέλει δοκεῖ, τὰς μὲν ἕξεις οὐκ εἶναι δι’ αὑτὰς αἱρετάς, δι’ ἄλλο γάρ τι, τὴν ἐνέργειαν. Πᾶσα γὰρ ἕξις διὰ ταύτην, ὥστε τὸ οὗ ἕνεκα, τοῦτο δὲ δι’ αὑτὸ αἱρετόν, ὕπαρξις, ἢ χρῆσις καὶ τέλος τοῦ βίου. Καὶ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν οὗτος μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς χρήσεως ἀναφωνεῖ, Πλάτων δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς κτήσεως. Ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν πρεσβύτερος ἐν τοῖς Νόμοις καὶ ἐν τῷ Τιμαίῳ καί τισιν ἄλλοις ταῦτα κεχώρηκεν, ὁ δὲ νεώτερος ἐν τοῖς Ἠθικοῖς. Ζήνωνος καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν Στωϊκῶν δόγματα περὶ τοῦ ἠθικοῦ μέρους τῆς φιλοσοφίας.

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Arius Didymus, Liber de philosophorum sectis (epitome ap. Stobaeum), ed. Friedrich Wilhelm August Mullach. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0529.tlg002.local001/.