Καλὸν πρᾶγμα
fine thing, fine fact
Translated by Marcelo Boeri11 Dec 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Beautiful/fine is what is pleasant through sight or through hearing.5
fine thing, fine fact
Translated by Marcelo Boeri11 Dec 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Καλὸν πρᾶγμα· ὅτι καλεῖ πρὸς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χρείαν συμμέτρως ἔχον. εἴδη δὲ τοῦ καλοῦ τέσσαρα· δίκαιον, ἀνδρεῖον, κόσμιον, ἐπιστημονικόν· ἐν γὰρ τοῖσδε τὰς καλὰς πράξεις συντελεῖσθαι. ἀνάλογον δὲ καὶ τοῦ αἰσχροῦ εἴδη τέσσαρα· ἄδικον, δειλόν, ἄκοσμον, ἄφρον. λέγεται καλὸν τὸ ἐπαινετοὺς παρεχόμενον τοὺς ἔχοντας ἀγαθὸν ἐπαίνου ἄξιον· ἑτέρως τὸ εὖ πεφυκέναι πρὸς τὸ ἴδιον ἔργον· καὶ τὸ ἐπικοσμοῦν, ὅταν λέγωμεν, μόνον τὸν σοφὸν ἀγαθὸν καὶ καλὸν εἶναι. λέγουσι δὲ μόνον τὸ καλὸν ἀγαθὸν εἶναι. εἶναι δὲ τοῦτο ἀρετὴν καὶ τὸ μετέχον ἀρετῆς, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἴσον τῷ πᾶν ἀγαθὸν καλὸν εἶναι, καὶ τὸ ἰσοδύναμον τὸ καλὸν τῷ ἀγαθῷ. δοκεῖ δὲ πάντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἴσα εἶναι καὶ πᾶν ἀγαθὸν ἐπ' ἄκρον αἱρετὸν καὶ μήτε ἄνεσιν μήτε ἐπίτασιν ἐπιδέχεσθαι. καλὸν δέ ἐστι τὸ δι' ὄψεως ἢ δι' ἀκοῆς ἡδύ.
*kalo\n pra=gma: o(/ti kalei= pro\s th\n e(autou= xrei/an summe/trws e)/xon. ei)/dh de\ tou= kalou= te/ssara: di/kaion, a)ndrei=on, ko/smion, e)pisthmoniko/n: e)n ga\r toi=sde ta\s kala\s pra/ceis suntelei=sqai. a)na/logon de\ kai\ tou= ai)sxrou= ei)/dh te/ssara: a)/dikon, deilo/n, a)/kosmon, a)/fron. le/getai kalo\n to\ e)painetou\s parexo/menon tou\s e)/xontas a)gaqo\n e)pai/nou a)/cion: e(te/rws to\ eu)= pefuke/nai pro\s to\ i)/dion e)/rgon: kai\ to\ e)pikosmou=n, o(/tan le/gwmen, mo/non to\n sofo\n a)gaqo\n kai\ kalo\n ei)=nai. le/gousi de\ mo/non to\ kalo\n a)gaqo\n ei)=nai. ei)=nai de\ tou=to a)reth\n kai\ to\ mete/xon a)reth=s, o(/per e)sti\n i)/son tw=| pa=n a)gaqo\n kalo\n ei)=nai, kai\ to\ i)sodu/namon to\ kalo\n tw=| a)gaqw=|. dokei= de\ pa/nta ta\ a)gaqa\ i)/sa ei)=nai kai\ pa=n a)gaqo\n e)p' a)/kron ai(reto\n kai\ mh/te a)/nesin mh/te e)pi/tasin e)pide/xesqai. kalo\n de/ e)sti to\ di' o)/yews h)\ di' a)koh=s h(du/.