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τί μὲν οὖν ἐστιν ἡ ὀργή, δῆλον ἔσται
ἐν τοῖς περὶ τῶν παθῶν. δι᾽ ἐπιθυμίαν δὲ πράττεται ὅσα φαίνεται ἡδέα. ἔστιν δὲ καὶ τὸ σύνηθες καὶ τὸ ἐθιστὸν ἐν τοῖς ἡδέσιν: πολλὰ γὰρ καὶ τῶν φύσει μὴ ἡδέων, ὅταν συνεθισθῶσιν, ἡδέως ποιοῦσιν: ὥστε συλλαβόντι εἰπεῖν, ὅσα δι᾽ αὑτοὺς πράττουσιν ἅπαντ᾽ ἐστὶν ἢ ἀγαθὰ ἢ φαινόμενα
ἀγαθά, ἢ ἡδέα ἢ φαινόμενα ἡδέα. ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ὅσα δι᾽ αὑτοὺς ἑκόντες πράττουσιν, οὐχ ἑκόντες δὲ ὅσα μὴ δι᾽ αὑτούς, πάντ᾽ ἂν εἴη ὅσα ἑκόντες πράττουσιν ἢ ἀγαθὰ ἢ φαινόμενα ἀγαθά, ἢ ἡδέα ἢ φαινόμενα ἡδέα: τίθημι γὰρ καὶ τὴν τῶν κακῶν ἢ φαινομένων κακῶν ἢ ἀπαλλαγὴν ἢ ἀντὶ
μείζονος ἐλάττονος μετάληψιν ἐν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς （αἱρετὰ γάρ πως）, καὶ τὴν τῶν λυπηρῶν ἢ φαινομένων λυπηρῶν ἢ ἀπαλλαγὴν ἢ μετάληψιν ἀντὶ μειζόνων ἐλαττόνων ἐν τοῖς ἡδέσιν ὡσαύτως. ληπτέον ἄρα τὰ συμφέροντα καὶ τὰ ἡδέα, πόσα καὶ ποῖα.
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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