Πρᾶξις
action
Translated by Marcelo Boeri12 Nov 1999Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
More generally [speaking this means] all rational activity, but in a special and stricter sense [it means activity performed] by choice, that is activity produced by virtue or vice. Those things are more choiceworthy whose respective actions are more choiceworthy. For instance, if acting justly is more worth choosing than acting courageously, justice also is more worth choosing than courage. [...] The activity directing towards the end is an action, but the end is a deed.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρᾶξις· κοινότερον μὲν πᾶσα λογικὴ ἐνέργεια, ἰδίως δὲ καὶ κυριώτερον ἡ κατὰ προαίρεσιν, τουτέστιν ἡ κατ' ἀρετὴν ἢ κακίαν ἐνέργεια γινομένη. ὧν οὖν αἱ πράξεις αἱρετώτεραι, ταῦτα αἱρετώτερα· οἷον εἰ τὸ τὰ δίκαια πράσσειν τοῦ τὰ ἀνδρεῖα πράσσειν αἱρετώτερον, καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη τῆς ἀνδρείας αἱρετωτέρα. ἔστι δὲ πρᾶξις μὲν ἡ πρὸς τὸ τέλος τείνουσα ἐνέργεια, ἔργον δὲ τὸ τέλος.
Betacode
*pra=cis: koino/teron me\n pa=sa logikh\ e)ne/rgeia, i)di/ws de\ kai\ kuriw/teron h( kata\ proai/resin, toute/stin h( kat' a)reth\n h)\ kaki/an e)ne/rgeia ginome/nh. w(=n ou)=n ai( pra/ceis ai(retw/terai, tau=ta ai(retw/tera: oi(=on ei) to\ ta\ di/kaia pra/ssein tou= ta\ a)ndrei=a pra/ssein ai(retw/teron, kai\ h( dikaiosu/nh th=s a)ndrei/as ai(retwte/ra. e)/sti de\ pra=cis me\n h( pro\s to\ te/los tei/nousa e)ne/rgeia, e)/rgon de\ to\ te/los.
Notes
- Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 264.3-7, 20-21.
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Revision history7 revisions · last 21 Feb 2024
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- Translated — Marcelo Boeri