ἀγαθὸν οὐδέποτε ἐν φαυλότητι εἶναι. πάλιν ὅτι ἐν πᾶσιν ἐγγίγνεται· καὶ γὰρ ἐν τῷ φαύλῳ καὶ ἐν τῷ σπουδαίῳ καὶ ἐν θηρίῳ καὶ ἐν βοσκήματι· τὸ δʼ ἀγαθὸν ἀμιγές 1 2 3 ἐστι τοῖς φαύλοις καὶ οὐ πολύκοινον. ∗∗. καὶ ὅτι οὐ κράτιστονἡδονή, τὸ δʼἀγαθὸν κράτιστον. καὶ ὅτι ἐμπόδιον τοῦ πράττειν τὰ καλά, τὸ δὲ κωλυτικὸν τῶν καλῶν οὐκ ἂν εἴη ἀμαθόν.
Magna Moralia. Aristotle. ed. Franz Susemihl. United States. 2017.
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