---
title: On the Good and Happy Life
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Aristotle
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canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/aristotle-good-happy-life-hgw-bs"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic
domain: Philosophy
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Good and Happy Life

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Aristotle

**eul_wid:** `hgw-bs` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristotle-good-happy-life-hgw-bs)

## Text

### 672

⊗ καλλιτέκνου μητρὸς θύγατερ.

### 673

ἐλθὼν δ’ ἐς κλεινὸν Κεκροπίης δάπεδον εὐσεβέως σεμνῆς φιλίης ἱδρύσατο βωμὸν ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ’ αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις, ὃς μόνος ἢ πρῶτος θνητῶν κατέδειξεν ἐναργῶς οἰκείωι τε βίωι καὶ μεθόδοισι λόγων ὡς ἀγαθός τε καὶ εὐδαίμων ἅμα γίνεται ἀνήρ· οὐ νῦν δ’ ἔστι λαβεῖν οὐδενὶ ταῦτά ποτε.

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