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[10] δῆλον δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ἐκ τοῦ νομοθέτου· ὁ γὰρ νομοθέτης οὐ πᾶσιν ἐπιτρέπει τὸ ἄρχειν, ἀλλʼ ὤριστται καὶ ἡ ἡλικία καὶ ἡ εὐπορία ἢν δεῖ ὑπάρχειν τῷ μέλλοντι ἄρχειν, ὡς οὐ δυνατὸν ὂν παντὶ ἄρχιν ὑκάρξαι. εἰ δή τις ἀγανακτοίη ὅτι οὐκ ἄρχει ἢ οὐδεὶς αὐτὸν ἐᾷ
κυβερνᾶν, “οὐ γὰρ ἔχεις” εἴποι ἄν τις “οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ δυνήσῃ καὶ ἄρχειν καὶ κυβερνᾶν”.
κυβερνᾶν, “οὐ γὰρ ἔχεις” εἴποι ἄν τις “οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ δυνήσῃ καὶ ἄρχειν καὶ κυβερνᾶν”.
Magna Moralia. Aristotle. ed. Franz Susemihl. United States. 2017.
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