The Nicomachean Ethics · Aristotle
BOOK VIII
Chapter 125 of 127 · 1 min read
“Owe no man anything, but to love one another for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the Law.” Romans XIII. 8.
[Greek: kerameis]. The Proverb in full is a line from Hesiod, [Greek: kahi keramehus keramei koteei kai tektoni tekton].
In this sense, therefore, is it sung of Mrs. Gilpin that she
“two stone bottles found, To hold the liquor that she loved, And keep it safe and sound.”
Cardwell’s reading, [Greek: tautae gar omoioi, kai ta loipa] is here adopted, as yielding a better sense than Bekker’s.
The Great man will have a right to look for more Friendship than he bestows, but the Good man can feel Friendship only for, and in proportion to, the goodness of the other.
See note on page 68, 1. 8.
See I. Topics, Chap. v. on the various senses of [Greek: tauton].
“For the mutual society, help, and comfort that the one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and adversity.”
Which one would be assuming he was, if one declined to recognise the obligation to requite the favour or kindness.
