Aristotle · Nicomachean Ethics 1094a
“Every art and inquiry, and likewise every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good.”
πᾶσα τέχνη καὶ πᾶσα μέθοδος, ὁμοίως δὲ πρᾶξίς τε καὶ προαίρεσις, ἀγαθοῦ τινὸς ἐφίεσθαι δοκεῖ.
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