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Hence
great-souled men are thought to be haughty.3.
[19]
But it is thought that the gifts of fortune also conduce to greatness of soul; for the
high-born and those who are powerful or wealthy are esteemed worthy of honor, because they
are superior to their fellows, and that which is superior in something good is always held
in higher honor; so that even these gifts of fortune make men more great-souled, because
their possessors are honored by some people. 3.
[20]
But in reality only the good man ought to be honored, although he
that has both virtue and fortune is esteemed still more worthy of honor; whereas those who
possess the goods of fortune without virtue are not justified in claiming high worth, and
cannot correctly be styled great-souled, since true worth and greatness of soul cannot
exist without complete virtue. 3.
[21]
It is true that even those who merely possess the goods of fortune may
be haughty and insolent; because without virtue it is not easy to bear good fortune
becomingly,
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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