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εἰ δή ἐστιν ἡ εὐδαιμονία τοιοῦτον, ἀνάγκη αὐτῆς εἶναι μέρη
εὐγένειαν, πολυφιλίαν, χρηστοφιλίαν, πλοῦτον, εὐτεκνίαν, πολυτεκνίαν, εὐγηρίαν: ἔτι τὰς τοῦ σώματος ἀρετάς (οἷον ὑγίειαν, κάλλος, ἰσχύν, μέγεθος, δύναμιν ἀγωνιστικήν), δόξαν, τιμήν, εὐτυχίαν, ἀρετήν ἢ καὶ τὰ μέρη αὐτῆς φρόνησιν, ἀνδρείαν, δικαιοσύνην, σωφροσύνην: οὕτω γὰρ ἂν αὐταρκέστατός τις
εἴη, εἰ ὑπάρχοι αὐτῷ τά τ᾽ ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ τὰ ἐκτὸς ἀγαθά: οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν ἄλλα παρὰ ταῦτα. ἔστι δ᾽ ἐν αὐτῷ μὲν τὰ περὶ ψυχὴν καὶ τὰ ἐν σώματι, ἔξω δὲ εὐγένεια καὶ φίλοι καὶ χρήματα καὶ τιμή, ἔτι δὲ προσήκειν οἰόμεθα δυνάμεις ὑπάρχειν καὶ τύχην: οὕτω γὰρ ἀσφαλέστατος ὁ βίος. λάβωμεν
τοίνυν ὁμοίως καὶ τούτων ἕκαστον τί ἐστιν.
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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