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Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1148a (DIORISIS sentence 2336)

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τῶν δὲ περὶ τὰς σωματικὰς ἀπολαύσεις, περὶ ἃς λέγομεν τὸν σώφρονα καὶ ἀκόλαστον, ὁ μὴ τῷ προαιρεῖσθαι τῶν ἡδέων διώκων τὰς ὑπερβολάς— καὶ τῶν λυπηρῶν φεύγων, πείνης καὶ δίψης καὶ ἀλέας καὶ ψύχους καὶ πάντων τῶν περὶ ἁφὴν καὶ γεῦσιν— ἀλλὰ παρὰ τὴν προαίρεσιν καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν, ἀκρατὴς λέγεται, οὐ κατὰ πρόσθεσιν, ὅτι περὶ τάδε, καθάπερ ὀργῆς, ἀλλʼ ἁπλῶς μόνον.

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  • Stable ID aristotle:nicomachean-ethics:1148a:s2336
  • Source Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics lemmatised primary text — DIORISIS edition (Vatri & McGillivray, Alan Turing Institute) · cc-by-sa-3.0-us
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