1,17489
gay tmia ka jia spoudw tata sa megla lh-
yw stn, ste ka ret odema neu megyouw: di do-
kosi megalocxouw poien ksth, per stin ksth atn,
sper epomen. ll' mvw st tiw par tw llaw retw
ma megalocuxa, sper ka d& megalcuxon toton
lekton tn xonta tathn. pe d' stn nia tn gayn t
mn tmia t d' w divrsyh prteron, tn toiotvn gayn
2,18815
toto. o gr t plw gay kkenoiw gay st, t
d' gay gay. t d
gr ka kalw prjeiw di' atw prajen. d' omenow tw
retw xein den neka tn ktw gayn, kat t sumbe-
bhkw t kal prttei. stin on kalokgaya ret tleiow.
ka per donw d' erhtai pon ti ka pw gayn, ka ti
t te plw da ka kal ka t [te] plw gay da.
3,19461
ka frnhsin dianohtikw, leuyerithta d ka svfrosnhn
yikw. lgontew gr per to youw o lgomen ti sofw
sunetw ll' ti prow sfrvn: painomen d ka tn
sofn kat tn jin: tn jevn d tw painetw retw
lgomen.
HYIKVN NIKOMAXEIVN B
Dittw d tw retw oshw, tw mn dianohtikw tw
4,19481
domen (per p tn asysevn dlon: o gr k to pol-
lkiw den pollkiw kosai tw asyseiw lbomen,
ll' npalin xontew xrhsmeya, o xrhsmenoi sxo-
men): tw d' retw lambnomen nergsantew prteron,
sper ka p tn llvn texnn: gr de mayntaw
poien, tata poiontew manynomen, oon okodomontew oko-
dmoi gnontai ka kiyarzontew kiyarista: otv d ka t
5,19577
sin xei: di' donw d ka lpaw faloi gnontai, t
dikein tataw ka fegein, w m de te o de
w o de saxw llvw p to lgou diorzetai t
toiata. di ka rzontai tw retw payeaw tinw
ka remaw: ok e d, ti plw lgousin, ll' ox
w de ka w o de ka te, ka sa lla prostyetai.
pkeitai ra ret enai toiath per donw ka
6,19617
matikn. ti od' moin stin p te tn texnn ka tn
retn: t mn gr p tn texnn ginmena t e xei
n atow: rke on tat pvw xonta gensyai: t d
kat tw retw ginmena ok n at pvw x, di-
kavw svfrnvw prttetai, ll ka n prttvn
pw xvn prtt, prton mn n edw, peit' n proai-
romenow, ka proairomenow di' at, t d trton n ka
7,19623
romenow, ka proairomenow di' at, t d trton n ka
bebavw ka metakintvw xvn prtt. tata d prw
mn t tw llaw txnaw xein o sunariymetai, pln
at t ednai: prw d t tw retw t mn ednai odn
mikrn sxei, t d' lla o mikrn ll t pn
dnatai, per k to pollkiw prttein t dkaia ka
sfrona perignetai. t mn on prgmata dkaia ka s-
8,19651
synai, e mn sfodrw neimnvw, kakw xomen, e d
msvw, e: movw d ka prw tlla. pyh mn on
ok esn oy' a reta oy' a kakai, ti o legmeya
kat t pyh spoudaoi faloi, kat d tw retw
ka tw kakaw legmeya, ka ti kat mn t pyh
ot' painomeya ote cegmeya (o gr painetai fo-
bomenow od rgizmenow, od cgetai plw rgi-
9,19655
ka tw kakaw legmeya, ka ti kat mn t pyh
ot' painomeya ote cegmeya (o gr painetai fo-
bomenow od rgizmenow, od cgetai plw rgi-
zmenow ll' ps), kat d tw retw ka tw kakaw
painomeya cegmeya. ti rgizmeya mn ka fobo-
meya proairtvw, a d' reta proairseiw tinw ok
neu proairsevw. prw d totoiw kat mn t pyh
10,19659
painomeya cegmeya. ti rgizmeya mn ka fobo-
meya proairtvw, a d' reta proairseiw tinw ok
neu proairsevw. prw d totoiw kat mn t pyh
kinesyai legmeya, kat d tw retw ka tw kakaw
o kinesyai ll diakesya pvw. di tata d od
dunmeiw esn: ote gr gayo legmeya t dnasyai
psxein plw ote kako, ot' painomeya ote ceg-
11,21283
dreou rga poien, oon m lepein tn tjin mhd fegein
mhd =ipten t pla, ka t to sfronow, oon m moi-
xeein mhd' brzein, ka t to prou, oon m tptein
mhd kakhgoren, movw d ka kat tw llaw retw
ka moxyhraw t mn kelevn t d' pagorevn, ryw
mn kemenow ryw, xeron d' pesxediasmnow. ath
mn on dikaiosnh ret mn sti telea, ll' ox plw
12,21902
tathn xvn. di de ka per tw tw cuxw jeiw m
mnon lhyw enai tot' erhmnon, ll ka divrismnon
tw stin ryw lgow ka totou tw row.
Tw d tw cuxw retw dielmenoi tw mn enai
to youw famen tw d tw dianoaw. per mn on tn
yikn dielhlyamen, per d tn loipn, per cuxw
prton epntew, lgvmen otvw. prteron mn on lxyh
13,22307
edh, deinthw ka frnhsiw, otv ka p to yiko do
st, t mn ret fusik t d' kura, ka totvn
kura o gnetai neu fronsevw. diper tinw fasi p-
saw tw retw fronseiw enai, ka Svkrthw t mn
ryw ztei t d' mrtanen: ti mn gr fronseiw eto
enai psaw tw retw, mrtanen, ti d' ok neu fro-
nsevw, kalw legen. shmeon d: ka gr nn pntew,
14,22318
d mikrn metabnai. sti gr o mnon kat tn ryn
lgon, ll' met to ryo lgou jiw ret stin: ryw
d lgow per tn toiotvn frnhsw stin. Svkrthw
mn on lgouw tw retw eto enai (pistmaw gr enai
psas), mew d met lgou. dlon on k tn erhmnvn
ti ox on te gayn enai kurvw neu fronsevw, od
frnimon neu tw yikw retw. ll ka lgow
15,22325
tat loit' n, dialexyeh tiw n ti xvrzontai l-
llvn a reta: o gr atw efustatow prw p-
saw, ste tn mn dh tn d' opv elhfw stai: toto
gr kat mn tw fusikw retw ndxetai, kay' w
d plw lgetai gayw, ok ndxetai: ma gr t
fronsei mi parxos psai prjousin. dlon d, kn
e m praktik n, ti dei n atw di t to morou
16,24363
w on te mlista, od xarein poin ti tn asxstvn,
mhdpote mllvn luphynai. per poll te spoudn poih-
samey' n ka e mhdeman pifroi donn, oon rn,
mnhmoneein, ednai, tw retw xein. e d' j ngkhw
pontai totoiw dona, odn diafrei: lomeya gr n
tata ka e m gnoit' p' atn don. ti mn on ote
tgayn don ote psa aret, dlon oiken enai, ka
17,24617
par' at t politeesyai peripoioumnh dunasteaw ka ti-
mw tn ge edaimonan at ka tow poltaiw, tran
osan tw politikw, n ka zhtomen dlon w tran osan.
e d tn mn kat tw retw prjevn a politika ka
polemika kllei ka megyei proxousin, atai d' sxo-
loi ka tlouw tinw fentai ka o di' atw areta esin,
d to no nrgeia spoud te diafrein doke yevrhtik
18,24646
edaimonstatow.
Deutrvw d' kat tn llhn retn: a gr kat
tathn nrgeiai nyrvpika. dkaia gr ka ndrea ka t
lla t kat tw retw prw lllouw prttomen n
sunallgmasi ka xreaiw ka prjesi pantoaiw n te
tow pyesi diathrontew t prpon kst: tata d' enai
fanetai pnta nyrvpik. nia d ka sumbanein p
19,45988
llhw tw politikw enai mrow. sti gr
oyn n tow politikow dunatn prjai neu to
pon tina enai, lgv d' oon spoudaon: t d
spoudaon ena sti t tw retw xein: de ra,
e tiw mllei n tow politikow praktikw enai, t
yow enai spoudaow: mrow stn ra, w oike,
ka rx per t yh pragmatea tw politikw,
20,46009
O de d lanynein od' e tinew prteron pr
totvn erkasin. prtow mn on nexerhsen
Puyagraw per retw epen, ok ryw d: tw
gr retw ew tow riymow ngvn ok okean
tn retn tn yevran poieto: o gr stin
dikaiosnh riymw skiw sow.
Met toton Svkrthw pigenmenow bltion
21,46014
dikaiosnh riymw skiw sow.
Met toton Svkrthw pigenmenow bltion
ka p pleon epen pr totvn, ok ryw d
od' otow. tw gr retw pistmaw poei:
toto d' stn enai dnaton. a gr pistmai
psai met lgou, lgow d n t dianohtik tw
cuxw ggnetai mor: gnontai on a reta
22,46020
cuxw ggnetai mor: gnontai on a reta
psai kat' atn n t logistik tw cuxw
mor: sumbanei on at pistmaw poionti tw
retw nairen t logon mrow tw cuxw, toto
d poin naire ka pyow ka yow. di ok
ryw cato tat tn retn.
Met tata d Pltvn dieleto tn cuxn ew
23,46025
ryw cato tat tn retn.
Met tata d Pltvn dieleto tn cuxn ew
te t lgon xon ka ew t logon ryw, ka
pdvken kst [ts] retw tw proshkosaw.
mxri mn on totou kalw: met mntoi toto
okti ryw. tn gr retn katmijen [ka
sunzeujen] ew tn pragmatean tn pr tgayo,
24,46148
[2]Ok ryw d od' Svkrthw pistmaw
poei tw retw. kenow gr odn eto den
mthn enai, k d to tw retw pistmaw enai
sunbainen at tw retw mthn enai. di t;
ti p tn pisthmn sumbanei ma ednai tn
pistmhn t sti ka enai pistmona (e gr
25,46149
[2]Ok ryw d od' Svkrthw pistmaw
poei tw retw. kenow gr odn eto den
mthn enai, k d to tw retw pistmaw enai
sunbainen at tw retw mthn enai. di t;
ti p tn pisthmn sumbanei ma ednai tn
pistmhn t sti ka enai pistmona (e gr
atrikn tiw oden t stn, ka atrw otow eyvw
26,46157
ok p tn retn toto sumbanei. o gr e
tiw oden tn dikaiosnhn t stn, eyvw dkaiow
stn, w d' atvw kp tn llvn. sumbanei
on ka mthn tw retw enai ka m enai
pistmaw.
[2]
Epe d' pr totvn diristai, peiraymen
27,46271
T d ge e zn ka e prttein oyn llo t
edaimonen lgomen. t ra edaimonen ka
edaimona n t e zn stn, t d' e zn n t
kat tw retw zn. tot' r' stn tlow ka
edaimona ka t riston.
En xrsei tonun tin n eh ka nerge&
edaimona. n gr n jiw ka xrsiw, xrsiw
28,46279
stn: stin d ka nrgeia ka [] xrsiw atw
tn retn: ste tlow n eh nrgeia ka
xrsiw atw: edaimona r' n eh n t kat
tw retw zn. peidper on t riston gayn
stin edaimona, ka ath tlow ka tleion
tlow nerge&, zntew n kat tw retw eda-
monew n ehmen ka xoimen t riston gayn.
29,46281
xrsiw atw: edaimona r' n eh n t kat
tw retw zn. peidper on t riston gayn
stin edaimona, ka ath tlow ka tleion
tlow nerge&, zntew n kat tw retw eda-
monew n ehmen ka xoimen t riston gayn.
Epe d' on stin edaimona tleion gayn
ka tlow, od toto de lanynein ti ka n
30,46297
n gr tow pnoiw, oon e tiw kayedoi di bou,
tn toioton o pnu boulmeya lgein edamona
enai: t mn gr zn at prxei, ll t zn
at kat tw retw ox prxei, n kat tn
nrgeian.
Met toto t mllon lgesyai ote lan djeien
n okeon enai totvn ote makrn pxon. oon
31,46737
ntaya marta. stin d' n tow praktow t
riston, ka n ow ditta a martai. mar-
tnomen on n tow praktow ka n tow kat tw
retw movw. tw gr retw stoxazmenoi
martnomen p tw pefukuaw dow. sti gr
ka n llecei ka n perbol marta, f'
ktera d totvn fermeya di' donn ka lphn:
32,47091
stin d dittn t dkaion, n t mn sti kat
nmon. dkaia gr fasin enai nmow prow-
tttei. d nmow keleei tndrea prttein ka
t sfrona ka plw panta sa kat tw retw
lgetai. di ka, fasn, doke dikaiosnh telea
tiw ret enai: e gr dkaia mn stin nmow
keleei poien, d nmow t kat psaw retw
33,47094
t sfrona ka plw panta sa kat tw retw
lgetai. di ka, fasn, doke dikaiosnh telea
tiw ret enai: e gr dkaia mn stin nmow
keleei poien, d nmow t kat psaw retw
nta prostttei, ra tow kat nmon mmnvn
dikaoiw televw spoudaow stai, ste dkaiow
ka dikaiosnh telea tiw ret stn.
34,48462
Epeid on ew do diairomen, ka t mn famen
enai kal t d [ka] gay, ka tn gayn t
mn plw gay t d o, ka kal mn oon tw
retw ka tw p' retw prjeiw, gay d [oon]
rxn ploton djan timn t toiata: stin on
kalw kgayw t plw gay stin gay
ka t plw kal kal stn. toiotow gr
35,48477
kgayw enai: ll' tgay pnta nta gay
stin ka p totvn m diafyeretai, oon p
plotou ka rxw, toiotow kalw kgayw.
Upr d to kat tw retw ryw prt-
tein erhtai mn, ox kanw d. famen gr t
kat tn ryn lgon prttein: ll' svw n tiw
at toto gnon rvtseien, t kat tn ryn
36,57050
tvn, st' eper pistmh tinw stai ka frnhsiw, traw
den tinw fseiw enai par tw asyhtw menosaw: o
gr enai tn =entvn pistmhn. Svkrtouw d per tw
yikw retw pragmateuomnou ka per totvn rzesyai
kaylou zhtontow prtou (tn mn gr fusikn p mikrn
Dhmkritow cato mnon ka rsat pvw t yermn ka
t cuxrn: o d Puyagreioi prteron per tinvn lgvn,
37,72908
tn ka tn kakin ka tn xntvn lambanntvn: a
mn gr teleiseiw a d kstseiw esn, st' ok lloi-
seiw.
ti d ka famen psaw enai tw retw n t
prw ti pw xein. tw mn gr to smatow, oon geian
ka eejan, n krsei ka summetr& yermn ka cuxrn
tyemen, atn prw at tn ntw prw t perixon:
38,72913
ka eejan, n krsei ka summetr& yermn ka cuxrn
tyemen, atn prw at tn ntw prw t perixon:
movw d ka t kllow ka tn sxn ka tw llaw
retw ka kakaw. ksth gr sti t prw ti pw xein,
ka per t okea pyh e kakw diatyhsi t xon:
okea d' f' n ggnesyai ka fyeresyai pfuken. pe on
t prw ti ote at stin lloiseiw, ote stin atn l-
39,75181
Vst' eper cux mn smatow meinon (rxikteron gr tn
fsin st), per d sma txnai ka fronseiw esn atrik te ka
gumnastik (tataw gr mew pistmaw tyemen ka kektsya tinaw
atw famen), dlon ti ka per cuxn ka tw cuxw retw sti tiw
pimleia ka txnh, ka dunato laben atn smen, eper ge ka tn
met' gnoaw pleonow ka gnnai xalepvtrvn.
Omovw d ka tn per fsevw: pol gr prteron nagkaon
40,75260
gayow atrow sesyai ka gumnastw per fsevw mperouw enai,
otv ka tow gayow nomoytaw mperouw enai de tw fsevw, ka
pol ge mllon kenvn. o mn gr tw to smatow retw esi dhmiour-
go mnon, o d per tw tw cuxw retw ntew ka per plevw
edaimonaw ka kakodaimonaw didjein prospoiomenoi pol d mllon
prosdontai filosofaw.
Kayper gr n taw llaiw txnaiw taw dhmiourgikaw p tw
41,77371
ferntvw. mn gr dolow lvw ok xei t bouleutikn,
t d ylu xei mn, ll' kuron, d paw xei mn,
ll' telw. movw tonun nagkavw xein ka per tw
yikw retw polhpton, den mn metxein pntaw, ll' o
tn atn trpon, ll' son
rgon: di tn mn rxonta telan xein de tn yikn
retn (t gr rgon stn plw to rxitktonow, d
42,82576
tvn tn toiotvn ew peiron zhtosi tn perboln. mew
d atow romen ti =dion mn per totvn ka di tn
rgvn lambnein tn pstin, rntaw ti ktntai ka
fulttousin o tw retw tow ktw ll' kena tataiw,
ka t zn edaimnvw, et' n t xarein stn et' n ret
tow nyrpoiw et' n mfon, ti mllon prxei tow t
yow mn ka tn dinoian kekosmhmnoiw ew perboln,
43,83421
o d nn rista dokontew politeesyai tn El-
lnvn, ka tn nomoyetn o tataw katastsantew tw
politeaw, ote prw t bltiston tlow fanontai suntjan-
tew t per tw politeaw ote prw psaw tw retw
tow nmouw ka tn paidean, ll fortikw pklinan
prw tw xrhsmouw enai dokosaw ka pleonektikvtraw.
paraplhsvw d totoiw ka tn stern tinew gracntvn
44,83469
Epe d t at tlow enai fanetai ka koin ka
d& tow nyrpoiw, ka tn atn ron nagkaon enai
t te rst ndr ka t rst polite&, fanern ti
de tw ew tn sxoln retw prxein: tlow gr,
sper erhtai pollkiw, ernh mn polmou sxol d'
sxolaw. xrsimoi d tn retn esi prw tn sxoln
ka diagvgn n te n t sxol t rgon ka n n t
45,93383
pe
d' a psteiw di totvn es, fanern ti tataw st laben
to sullogsasyai dunamnou ka to yevrsai per t
yh ka per tw retw ka trton [to] per t pyh, t te
kastn stin tn payn ka pon ti, ka k tnvn ggnetai
ka pw, ste sumbanei tn =htorikn oon parafuw ti
tw dialektikw enai ka tw per t yh pragmateaw, n
46,93861
ma, t d t xein t gayn steron. ka nt' lt-
tonow gayo mezonow lciw ka nt mezonow kako lt-
tonow: gr perxei t mezon to lttonow, tot gne-
tai to mn lciw to d' pobol. ka tw retw d
ngkh gayn enai (kat gr tataw e te dikeintai
o xontew, ka poihtika tn gayn esi ka praktika:
per ksthw d ka tw ka poa xvrw =hton), ka tn
47,94176
dnamiw eergetik polln ka meglvn, ka pntvn
per pnta: mrh d retw dikaiosnh, ndrea, svfro-
snh, megaloprpeia, megalocuxa, leuyerithw, frnhsiw,
sofa. ngkh d megstaw enai retw tw tow lloiw
xrhsimvttaw, eper stn ret dnamiw eergetik,
sin: mn gr n polm, d ka n polm ka n e-
48,94207
ka t dikavw rga (pyh d o: n mn gr tat tn
retn ok e t dikavw kaln, ll' p to zhmio-
syai asxrn t dikavw mllon t dkvs), ka kat
tw llaw d retw satvw. ka f' soiw t yla
tim, kal. ka f' soiw tim mllon xrmata.
ka sa m ato neka prttei tiw tn aretn, ka t
plw gay, sa te pr patrdow tiw pohsen par-
49,94356
frvn di t patsyai per t dkaion ka dikon,
d' nasxuntow di' ligvran djhw: movw d ka tn llvn
kastow per kaston tn pokeimnvn.
ll per mn totvn dlon, t mn k tn per tw retw
erhmnvn, t d' k tn per t pyh =hyhsomnvn: loipn
d' epen tnow neka ka pw xontew dikosi ka tnaw.
prton mn on dielmeya tnvn regmenoi ka poa fe-
50,95054
diper ndxetai m t bltista sumbouleein gignskontaw,
ka par tata odn. ngkh ra tn panta dokonta
tat' xein enai tow krovmnoiw pistn. yen mn on
frnimoi ka spoudaoi faneen n, k tn per tw retw
dirhmnvn lhpton: k gr tn atn kn tern tiw kn
autn kataskeuseie toioton: per d' enoaw ka filaw n
tow per t pyh lekton.
51,95816
jiosin. ka n prgonoi suggenew okeoi t ynow
pliw ntimoi, zhlvtiko per tata: okea gr oontai
atow enai, ka jioi
ntima gay, ngkh tw te retw enai toiataw, ka sa tow
lloiw flima ka eergetik (timsi gr tow eergeton-
taw ka tow gayos), ka svn gayn plausiw tow plh-
son stin, oon plotow ka kllow mllon gieaw. fanern
52,95839
t d yh poo tinew kat t pyh ka tw jeiw ka tw
likaw ka tw txaw, dilyvmen met tata. lgv d pyh
mn rgn piyuman ka t toiata per n erkamen [pr-
teron], jeiw d retw ka kakaw, erhtai d per totvn
prteron, ka poa proairontai kastoi, ka povn prakti-
ko. likai d esi nethw ka km ka graw. txhn d
lgv egneian ka ploton ka dunmeiw ka tnanta totoiw
53,97772
cgou (oon Gorgaw mn n t Olumpik lg "p
polln jioi yaumzesyai, ndrew Ellhnes": paine
gr tow tw panhgreiw sungontaw: Isokrthw d cgei
ti tw mn tn svmtvn retw dvreaw tmhsan, tow
d' e fronosin oyn ylon pohsan), ka p sumbou-
lw (oon ti de tow gayow timn, di ka atw
Aristedhn paine, tow toiotouw o mte edokimosin