Kitap 1
9.12
Magnificence is a virtue which produces greatness in matters of expenditure; the contraries are little-mindedness and meanness.
9.13
Practical wisdom is a virtue of reason, which enables men to come to a wise decision in regard to good and evil things, which have been mentioned as connected with happiness.Or, taking εἰς εὐδαιμονίαν with βουλεύεσθαι, come to a wise decision conducive to their happiness.
9.14
Concerning virtue and vice in general and their separate parts, enough has been said for the moment. To discern the resti.e. the causes and results of virtue (Cope); or, the noble and the disgraceful (Jebb). presents no difficulty; for it is evident that whatever produces virtue, as it tends to it, must be noble, and so also must be what comes from virtue; for such are its signs and works.
9.15
But since the signs of virtue and such things as are the works and sufferings of a good man are noble, it necessarily follows that all the works and signs of courage and all courageous acts are also noble. The same may be said of just things and of just actions; (but not of what one suffers justly; for in this alone amongst the virtues that which is justly done is not always noble, and a just punishment is more disgraceful than an unjust punishment). The same applies equally to the other virtues.
9.16
Those things of which the reward is honor are noble; also those which are done for honor rather than money. Also, those desirable things which a man does not do for his own sake;
9.17
things which are absolutely good, which a man has done for the sake of his country, while neglecting his own interests; things which are naturally good; and not such as are good for the individual, since such things are inspired by selfish motives.
9.18
And those things are noble which it is possible for a man to possess after death rather than during his lifetime, for the latter involve more selfishness;
