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πάντες δὴ πάντα πράττουσι τὰ μὲν οὐ δι᾽ αὑτοὺς τὰ δὲ δι᾽ αὑτούς. τῶν μὲν οὖν μὴ δι᾽ αὑτοὺς τὰ μὲν διὰ τύχην πράττουσι τὰ δ᾽
ἐξ ἀνάγκης, τῶν δ᾽ ἐξ ἀνάγκης τὰ μὲν βίᾳ τὰ δὲ φύσει, ὥστε πάντα ὅσα μὴ δι᾽ αὑτοὺς πράττουσι, τὰ μὲν ἀπὸ τύχης τὰ δὲ φύσει τὰ δὲ βίᾳ. ὅσα δὲ δι᾽ αὑτούς, καὶ ὧν αὐτοὶ αἴτιοι,
τὰ μὲν δι᾽ ἔθος τὰ δὲ δι᾽ ὄρεξιν, τὰ μὲν διὰ λογιστικὴν ὄρεξιν τὰ δὲ δι᾽ ἄλογον:
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Ars Rhetorica. Aristotle. W. D. Ross. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1959.
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