This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... atfpviSlois (pofiois dcpofiov Kai drdpaov avcu Tj eV rots irpodfjXois' diro e ea)ff yap paWov rjv, ort Tjttou K napatTKtvs. ra 7rpopapTJ ptv yap Kulv etc Xoyicrpov Kai 6yov Tis 7rpotoiTO, ru d' i aipvrjs Kara rrv e u. According to both passages, apparently, To i alfvr)s are not ard npoatpfa-m: but according to the later passage the efts of dv&ptta is specially shown in them. How is this to be reconciled with the definition of dptrq as fts npoatptTiKti? By pointing out that the virtuous ts is the organic result, as it were, of many acts of rational choice, which, at first hesitating and difficult, have at last become 'secondarily automatic' In the first passage Aristotle contrasts sudden acts in general with those chosen after deliberation; in the second passage he has specially in view the sudden emergencies which call for prompt action on the part of the courageous man; and he says, in effect, that the truly courageous man, having organised his deliberation, will be ready for these emergencies; that, in relation to them, he will show how well organised his npoaipfriKfj tfts of courage is; whereas Tanpopavrj may be faced, after deliberation, by one whose deliberation is not yet organised--has not yet become ' secondarily automatic' 4.J Peters' translation here is--' The continent man, on the b. 13. other hand, deliberately chooses what he does, but does not desire it! Better--' the continent man acts from deliberate choice, not from mere desire, ' for we must remember that npoaipiais is /SouXtwrot Spcis ( . N. iii. 3. 19), and involves appetite and desire. 5. Kai irpoaipcaei p-iv cmGufua cfamouTai, tiri6u(jiia 8' tmSufua b. 15. 00 This does not mean that one desire is never...