§3.6ἔστι δὲ καὶ ὁ μεγαλοπρεπὴς οὐ περὶ τὴν τυχοῦσαν πρᾶξιν καὶ προαίρεσιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν δαπάνην, εἰ μή που κατὰ μεταφορὰν λέγομεν· ἄνευ δὲ δαπάνης μεγαλοπρέπεια οὐκ ἔστιν.
And the magnificent man also is concerned not with any ordinary action and choice, but with expenditure, unless perhaps we are speaking metaphorically; but without expenditure magnificence does not exist.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ πρέπον ἐν κόσμῳ ἐστίν, ὁ δὲ κόσμος οὐκ ἐκ τῶν τυχόντων ἀναλωμάτων, ἀλλʼ ἐν ὑπερβολῇ τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἐστίν.
For the fitting is in ornament, and ornament is not from ordinary expenditures, but is in the excess of what is necessary.
ὁ δὴ ἐν μεγάλῃ δαπάνῃ τοῦ πρέποντος μεγέθους προαιρετικός, καὶ τῆς τοιαύτης μεσότητος καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ τοιαύτῃ ἡδονῇ ὀρεκτικός, μεγαλοπρεπής.
Hence, he who is choice-making of the fitting scale in great expenditure, and who desires such an intermediate state and for the sake of such a pleasure, is magnificent.
ὁ δʼ ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον καὶ παρὰ μέλος, ἀνώνυμος· οὐ μὴν ἀλλʼ ἔχει τινὰ γειτνίασιν, οὓς καλοῦσί τινες ἀπειροκάλους καὶ σαλάκωνας.
But the one tending toward the larger and out of tune is nameless; nevertheless, he has a certain neighborliness, whom some call tasteless and showy.
οἷον εἰ εἰς γάμον δαπανῶν τις τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ, πλούσιος ὤν, δοκεῖ πρέπειν ἑαυτῷ τοιαύτην κατασκευὴν οἷον ἀγαθοδαιμονιστὰς ἑστιῶντι, οὗτος μὲν μικροπρεπής, ὁ δὲ τοιούτους δεχόμενος ἐκείνως μὴ δόξης χάριν μηδὲ διʼ ἐξουσίαν ὅμοιος τῷ σαλάκωνι, ὁ δὲ κατʼ ἀξίαν καὶ ὡς ὁ λόγος, μεγαλοπρεπής· τὸ γὰρ πρέπον κατʼ ἀξίαν ἐστίν· οὐθὲν γὰρ πρέπει τῶν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν.
For example, if someone, in spending on the wedding of a loved one, being rich, thinks that such equipment is fitting for himself as if he were hosting members of a dining club, this man is stingy. But the one who receives such guests in that [magnificent] manner, not for the sake of reputation nor because of power, is similar to the showy man. On the other hand, the one who does so according to worth and as reason dictates is magnificent; for the fitting is according to worth, and nothing contrary to worth is fitting.
δεῖ δὲ πρέπον εἶναι (καὶ γὰρ τοῦ πρέποντος κατʼ ἀξίαν καὶ πρέπον) καὶ περὶ ὃ (οἷον περὶ οἰκέτου γάμον ἕτερον τὸ πρέπον καὶ περὶ ἐρωμένου) καὶ αὐτῷ, εἴπερ ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον ἢ τοιοῦτον, οἷον τὴν θεωρίαν οὐκ ᾤετο Θεμιστοκλεῖ πρέπειν, ἣν ἐποιήσατο Ὀλυμπίαζε, διὰ τὴν προϋπάρξασαν ταπεινότητα, ἀλλὰ Κίμωνι.
And it must be fitting—for indeed [what is fitting] is according to worth and is fitting—both with respect to that which it is about (for example, the fitting is one thing for a servant's wedding and another for a beloved's) and for the person himself, if indeed it is of such an amount or of such a quality; for instance, people did not think that the sacred embassy which Themistocles made to Olympia was fitting for him, because of his prior low status, but rather for Cimon.
ὁ δʼ ὅπως ἔτυχεν ἔχων πρὸς τὴν ἀξίαν οὐθεὶς τούτων.
But the one who is just any which way toward worth is none of these.
καὶ ἐπʼ ἐλευθεριότητος ὡσαύτως· ἔστι γάρ τις οὔτʼ ἐλευθέριος οὔτʼ ἀνελεύθερος.
And concerning liberality it is the same; for there is someone who is neither liberal nor illiberal.