Αἱρετώτερον
preferable, more choiceworthy
Translated by Marcelo Boeri15 May 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] more worthy of selection.
"What is preferable is not in a parallel relationship with what is better, but what is better is more than what is preferable. For what is preferable is only present in the preferable items, but what is better is present in other items as well. In fact, the investigation of what is better is present in theoretical, physical, and logical matters, for the one who investigates which substance is better, whether the movable or the unmovable, is dealing with a physical problem. He who investigates whether induction or deduction is better is a logician, and he who investigates whether prudence is more practical or more theoretical is a theoretician.1
"What is preferable is not in a parallel relationship with what is better, but what is better is more than what is preferable. For what is preferable is only present in the preferable items, but what is better is present in other items as well. In fact, the investigation of what is better is present in theoretical, physical, and logical matters, for the one who investigates which substance is better, whether the movable or the unmovable, is dealing with a physical problem. He who investigates whether induction or deduction is better is a logician, and he who investigates whether prudence is more practical or more theoretical is a theoretician.1