βέλτιστα.
τέλος ἐστὶν οὐχ ἀπλοῦν ἀλλὰ διττ??ν· ἐνίων μὲν γάρ ἐτι τὸ τέλος αὐτὴ ἡἐνέργεια καὶ ἡ χρῆσς, οἷο νῆς ὄψεως [ἐστιν ἡ ὅρκως]· καὶ ἔστιν γε ἡ χρῆσις αἱρετωτέρα τῆς ἕξεως· τέλος γὰρ ἡ χρῆσις· οὐδεὶς γὰρ ἂν βούλοιτο ἔχειν τὴν ἂψιν μὴ μέλλων ὁρᾶν ἀλλὰ μύτιν.
καὶ [ἡ] χρῆσις καὶ ἕξις ἐστίν, ἀεὶ βέλτι??ν καὶ αἱρετώτερον ἡ χρῆσις τῆς ἕξεως· ἡ γὰρ χρῆσις καὶ ἡ ἐνέργοια τέλος, ἡ δʼ ἕξις τῆς χρήσεως ἕνεκεν.
καὶ οὗ ποιητικὸς ὁ οἰκοδόκος, ἡ τούτου ἀρετὴ τοῦ αὐτοῦ τούτου εὖ ποιητική. ὁμοίως [καὶ] ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων.
Magna Moralia. Aristotle. ed. Franz Susemihl. United States. 2017.
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