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*ai(retw/teron
Adler number: alphaiota,293
Translated headword: preferable, more choiceworthy
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] more worthy of selection.
"What is preferable is not in a parallel relationship with what is better, but what is better is more than what is preferable. For what is preferable is only present in the preferable items, but what is better is present in other items as well. In fact, the investigation of what is better is present in theoretical, physical, and logical matters, for the one who investigates which substance is better, whether the movable or the unmovable, is dealing with a physical problem. He who investigates whether induction or deduction is better is a logician, and he who investigates whether prudence is more practical or more theoretical is a theoretician.[1]
Greek Original:*ai(retw/teron: prokritw/teron. ou)k e)k parallh/lou kei=tai to\ ai(retw/teron tou= belti/onos, a)ll' e)pi\ plei=on to\ be/ltion tou= ai(retwte/rou. to\ me\n ga\r ai(retw/teron e)n toi=s ai(retoi=s kai\ mo/nois, to\ de\ be/ltion kai\ e)n a)/llois: kai\ ga\r e)n qewrhtikoi=s kai\ fusikoi=s kai\ logikoi=s h( zh/thsis h( tou= belti/onos: o( ga\r zhtw=n pote/ra belti/wn ou)si/a, h( kinoume/nh h)\ a)ki/nhtos, fusiko\n metaxeiri/zetai pro/blhma, logiko\s de\ o( zhtw=n po/teron be/ltion e)pagwgh\ h)\ sullogismo/s, qewrhtiko\s de\ o( zhtw=n po/teron h( fro/nhsis praktikwte/ra h)\ qewrhtikwte/ra.
Notes:
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; philosophy; rhetoric
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 15 May 2001@12:36:00.
Vetted by:Catharine Roth (modified translation, added note) on 9 September 2002@20:17:11.
David Whitehead (x-ref; cosmetics) on 15 June 2004@08:47:02.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; tweaking) on 16 May 2012@07:10:54.
David Whitehead (expanded primary note; more keywords; coding and other cosmetics) on 30 November 2015@04:22:35.
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