ARISTOTLE 



777 b 



at^ yap dcpi-ior-qres Kal ijjv^eis ^J^^XP'- oupp^erpias 

 TLvog TTOtovai TO,? yet'eaets", /xera Se ravra^ rag 



30 (f)dopds' TOVTOJV 8' exovoL to Trepag Kal rrjg ^PXV'^ 

 Kai TTJg reXevrrjs at rovraiv /civTyaei? tcov aarpuiv. 

 woTrep yap Kai daXarrav Kal Trdaav opwfiev rrjv 

 TOJv vypojv (jiVGLV laTapievr]v /cat fieTa^aXXovaav 

 Kara rr^v rcDf TTvevpidriov Kivrjatv Kal ardacv, tov 

 S' aepa Kal rd TTvevpLara Kara rrjv rod rjXiov Kal 



35 Trjs creXi^vT]? irepiohov, ovTa> Kal rd Ik rovrojv 

 (pvojJieva Kal rd iv rovroLS aKoXovdelv dvayKaXov 

 778 a Kara Xoyov ydp aKoXovdelv Kal rdg rdjv aKvpo- 



repcov TTeptoSovg rat? rcbv Kvpicorepcov. ^los ydp 

 rig Kal rrvevp^aros eari Kal yeveats Kal (j)diais. 

 rfjs §€ TcDv darpoiv rovrojv Tr€pi<j)Opds ^dx d.v 

 5 krepat rives elev dpxct-i- f^ovXerat fiev ovv r] ^voLg 

 rots rovriov aptdpLoZs aptOpLelv rds yeviaeis Kal rds 

 reXevrds, ouk aKpi^ol Se 8ta re rrjv rrjs vXrjs 



^ at P : Kal vulg. ^ ravras S. 



" Cf. Phys. 246 b 4 to? ^ev yap tov acufiaTos, olov vyieiav 

 Kat eve^iav, ev Kpaaei Kal avfifier pia depfiaiv Kal ipvxp<t>v 

 riOefifv fj avTcov npos avra rojv evros rj -rrpos to irepiexov (cf. 

 Ill b 7, and 767 a 30 ff.)* 6p.oio)s Se . . . koI to? aXXas aperas 

 Kal KaKias. The language used in the context of this passage 

 is very similar to that oi Eth. Nic. Bk. II (dealing with the 

 doctrine of " the mean "), where it is stated that the moral 

 dpeTai also are produced and preserved by rd ovfifitTpa 

 (1 104 a 18), whereas they are destroyed by excess and defect, 

 just as the corresponding physical dperal are. 



* Cf. Meteor. 339 a 21 eoTi S' e^ dmy/cT/s cwvexris ttcds oStos 

 [i.e., 6 -nepl Trjv yrjv Koafios, the sublunary world] rals avw 

 <l>opais, cuoTe Trdaav avrov ttjv Swa/ntv Kvjiepvdadai SKeWev . . . 

 coare t(Jl>v avp-^aivovrcov nepl avrov nvp fiev Kal yijv Kal rd avyyev^ 

 TOVTOiS <os ev vXrjs eiSet, tcov yiyvofxevcov aina xpr) vofj-i^eiv, . . . 

 TO 8' ovTWS airiov to? odev rj Trjs Kivi^aews dpxTj Trjv tojv del 

 Kivovfxevcov aiTuxreov bvvafiiv. 



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