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Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1094a (DIORISIS sentence 12)

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εἰ δή τι τέλος ἐστὶ τῶν πρακτῶν ὃ διʼ αὑτὸ βουλόμεθα, τἆλλα δὲ διὰ τοῦτο, καὶ μὴ πάντα διʼ ἕτερον αἱρούμεθα ʼπρόεισι γὰρ οὕτω γʼ εἰς ἄπειρον, ὥστʼ εἶναι κενὴν καὶ ματαίαν τὴν ὄρεξινʼ, δῆλον ὡς τοῦτʼ ἂν εἴη τἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸ ἄριστον.

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Source Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics lemmatised primary text — DIORISIS edition (Vatri & McGillivray, Alan Turing Institute) · cc-by-sa-3.0-us
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