§1.7.1μετὰ τοίνυν τοῦτο δεῖ βουλομένους εἰπεῖν τὸ τέ ἐστιν ἡ ὠριτή, εἰδῆσαι τίνα ἐστὶν τὰ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ γικόμενα.
Therefore, after this, those who wish to say what virtue is must know what the things that arise in the soul are.
ἔστιν δ᾿ ἃ γίκεται ταῦτα, πάθη δυνάμεις ἕξεις·
And these things which arise are: passions, capacities, and states.
ὥστε δῆλον ὅτε τούτων ἄν τι εἴη ἀρετή.
So it is clear that virtue would be one of these.
§1.7.2πάθη μὲν οὖν ἐστιν ὀργὴ φόβος μῖσος πόθος ζῆ λος ἔλεος τὰ τοιαῦτα, οἷς εἴωθεν παρακολουθεῖν λύπη καὶ ἡδονή·
Passions, then, are anger, fear, hatred, longing, jealousy, pity, and the like, which pain and pleasure usually accompany.
δυνάμεις δὲ καθ᾿ ἂ παθητικοὶ τούτων λεγόμεθα, οἷον καθ᾿ ἃς δυναταί ἐσμεν ὁργισθῆναι λυπηθῆναι ἐλεῆσαι, [καὶ]τὰ τοιαῦτα·
Capacities are those in respect of which we are said to be susceptible to these, for example, those in respect of which we are capable of being angry, pained, feeling pity, and the like.
§1.7.3ἕξεις δ᾿ εἰσὶν καθ᾿ ἃς πρὸς ταῦτα ἔχομεν εὖ ἢ κακῶς, οἷον πρὸς τὸ ὀργισθῆναι, εἰ μὲν λίαν ἀργίλως, κακῶς ἔχομεν πρὸς ὀργήν, εἰ δ᾿ ὅλως μὴ ὀργιζόμεθα ἐφ᾿ οἷς δεῖ, καὶ σὕτως κακῶς ἔχομεν πρὸς ὁργήν.
And states are those in respect of which we are well or badly disposed toward these; for example, toward being angry, if we are too prone to anger, we are badly disposed toward anger, but if we are not angry at all at things we ought to be, in this way too we are badly disposed toward anger.
τὸ ἄρα μέσως ἔχειν τὸ μήτε λίαν ὑπεραλγεῖν μήτε παντελῶς ἀναλγήτως ἔχειν.
To be in a mean, therefore, is neither to feel excessive pain nor to be entirely insusceptible to pain.
§1.7.4ὅταν οὖν οὕτως ἔχωμεν, εὖ διακείμεθα.
Whenever, therefore, we are in this state, we are well disposed.
ὁμείως δὲ [καὶ] πρὸς τὰ ἄλλα τὰ ὅμοια.
And likewise also toward other similar things.
τὸ γὰρ εὐόργητον καὶ τὸ πρᾶον ἐν μεσότητί ἐστιν ἀργῆς καὶ ἀναλγησέως τῆς πρὸς ὀργήν.
For being appropriately-tempered and being mild are in a mean between anger and insensibility to anger.
ὁμοίως [καὶ] ἐπ᾿ ἀλαζονείως καὶ κς.
Likewise also in the case of boastfulness and self-depreciation.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ πλείω προσποιεῖσθαι τῶν ὑπερχόντων ἔχειν ἀλαζονείας, τὸ δὲ ἐλάττω εἰρωνείας·
For pretending to have more than what one actually has belongs to boastfulness, and pretending to have less belongs to self-depreciation.
ἡ ἄρα μεσότης ἡ τούτων ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐστίν.
The mean between these, therefore, is truthfulness.