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[6] ” ἐπεὶ οὖν ἐστι καὶ χαλεπώτατον, ὥσπερ καὶ τῶν σοφῶν τινες εἰρήκασιν, τὸ
γνῶναι αὑτόν, καὶ ἥδιστον (τὸ γὰρ αὑτὸν εἰδέναι ἡδύ), αὐτοὶ μὲν οὖν αὑτοὺς ἐξ αὑτῶν οὐ δυνάμεθα θεάσασθαι (ὅτι δʼ αὐτοὶ αὑτοὺς οὐ δυνάμεθα, δῆλον ἐξ ὧν ἄλλοις ἐπιτιμῶμεν, αὐτοὶ δὲ λανῦάνομεν ταὐτὰ ποιοῦντες·
γνῶναι αὑτόν, καὶ ἥδιστον (τὸ γὰρ αὑτὸν εἰδέναι ἡδύ), αὐτοὶ μὲν οὖν αὑτοὺς ἐξ αὑτῶν οὐ δυνάμεθα θεάσασθαι (ὅτι δʼ αὐτοὶ αὑτοὺς οὐ δυνάμεθα, δῆλον ἐξ ὧν ἄλλοις ἐπιτιμῶμεν, αὐτοὶ δὲ λανῦάνομεν ταὐτὰ ποιοῦντες·
Magna Moralia. Aristotle. ed. Franz Susemihl. United States. 2017.
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