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Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle, 384–322 BCE — in Greek.
Aristotle's inquiry into the good life — happiness (eudaimonia, εὐδαιμονία) as activity of the soul in accordance with virtue.
The words most alive here
- οὗτος · houtos 898
- ἠέ · ēe 641
- ἔχω · echō 375
- ἀγαθός · agathos 342
- τοιοῦτος · toioutos 324
- γίγνομαι · gignomai 323
- ὅστις · hostis 315
- ἑαυτοῦ · heautou 293
- δέομαι · deomai 290
- λέγω · legō 287
- ἀρετή · aretē 269
- ὡς · hōs 264
By how often they stand in this work, the commonest particles set aside. Each opens onto its own word.
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πᾶσα τέχνη καὶ πᾶσα μέθοδος, ὁμοίως δὲ πρᾶξίς τε καὶ προαίρεσις, ἀγαθοῦ τινὸς ἐφίεσθαι δοκεῖ:
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1094a (DIORISIS sentence 1) -
τούτων γὰρ χάριν κἀκεῖνα διώκεται.
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1094a (DIORISIS sentence 10) -
διαφέρει δʼ οὐδὲν τὰς ἐνεργείας αὐτὰς εἶναι τὰ τέλη τῶν πράξεων ἢ παρὰ ταύτας ἄλλο τι, καθάπερ ἐπὶ τῶν λεχθεισῶν ἐπιστημῶν.
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1094a (DIORISIS sentence 11) -
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.
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1094a (DIORISIS sentence 12) -
ἆρʼ οὖν καὶ πρὸς τὸν βίον ἡ γνῶσις αὐτοῦ μεγάλην ἔχει ῥοπήν, καὶ καθάπερ τοξόται σκοπὸν ἔχοντες μᾶλλον ἂν τυγχάνοιμεν τοῦ δέοντος;
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1094a (DIORISIS sentence 13) -
εἰ δʼ οὕτω, πειρατέον τύπῳ γε περιλαβεῖν αὐτὸ τί ποτʼ ἐστὶ καὶ τίνος τῶν ἐπιστημῶν ἢ δυνάμεων.
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1094a (DIORISIS sentence 14)
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