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[10] — καὶ ἀποκατάστασις δέ, φασίν, εἰς φύσιν αἰσθητή. καὶ γὰρ μὴ ἀποκαθισταμένοις εἰς φύσιν ἐστὶν ἡδονή· τὸ γὰρ ἀποκαθίστασθαί ἐστι τὸ τοῦ ἐνδεοῦς τῇ φύσει, τούτου τὴν ἀναπλήρωσιν γενέσθαι, ἔστιν δέ, ὡς φαμέν,
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μὴ ὄντα ἐνδεᾶ ἥδεσθαι· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἔνδεια λύπη, ἄνευ δὲ λύπης καὶ πρὸ λύπης φαμὲν ἥδεσθαι· ὥστʼ οὐκ ἂν εἴη ἡ ἡδονὴ ἀποκατάστασις τοῦ ἐνδεοῦς· ἐνδεὲς γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν τοιούτων ἡδονῶν οὐδέν. — ὥστε εἰ διότι μὲν γένεσις ἡ ἡδονὴ οὐκ ἀγαθὸν ἐδόκει
εἶναι, οὐκ ἔστιν δὲ οὐδεμία ἡδονὴ γένεσις, ἀγαθὸν ἂν εἴη ἡ ἡδονή.
εἶναι, οὐκ ἔστιν δὲ οὐδεμία ἡδονὴ γένεσις, ἀγαθὸν ἂν εἴη ἡ ἡδονή.
Magna Moralia. Aristotle. ed. Franz Susemihl. United States. 2017.
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