Kitap 1
7.1
But since men often agree that both of two things are useful, but dispute which is the more so, we must next speak of the greater good and the more expedient.
7.2
Let one thing, then, be said to exceed another, when it is as great and something more—and to be exceeded when it is contained in the other. Greater and more always imply a relation with less; great and small, much and little with the general size of things; the great is that which exceeds, and that which falls short of it is small; and similarly much and little.
7.3
Since, besides, we call good that which is desirable for its own sake and not for anything else, and that which all things aim at and which they would choose if they possessed reason and practical wisdom; and that which is productive or protective of good, or on which such things follow; and since that for the sake of which anything is done is the end, and the end is that for the sake of which everything else is done, and that is good for each man which relatively to him presents all these conditions, it necessarily follows that a larger number of good things is a greater good than one or a smaller number, if the one or the smaller number is reckoned as one of them;The one, the smaller number, and the greater number must be of the same species. Thus, 5 pounds is a greater good than 2 pounds; but 5 farthings is not a greater good than 2 pounds, since the smaller number is not reckoned in with the greater Buckley. for it exceeds them and that which is contained is exceeded.
