Αἱρετόν
preferable
Translated by Catharine Roth2 Apr 2003Vetting: high9 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] desirable.1
[Something] is called this in three ways: [because it is] good, [because it is] pleasant, [or because it is] advantageous. Whatever has all of these and is preferable in each respect is more to be preferred than those things which do not have all of them, for example practical wisdom.2
And elsewhere: "the emperor Aurelian was more a forcible general than an elected emperor, and, being harsh and unapproachable in every situation, he did not remain clean even of the blood of his own family."3
[Something] is called this in three ways: [because it is] good, [because it is] pleasant, [or because it is] advantageous. Whatever has all of these and is preferable in each respect is more to be preferred than those things which do not have all of them, for example practical wisdom.2
And elsewhere: "the emperor Aurelian was more a forcible general than an elected emperor, and, being harsh and unapproachable in every situation, he did not remain clean even of the blood of his own family."3