Whence it follows that he is most truly a lover of self, of another type than that which is a matter of reproach, and as different from that as living according to a rational principle is from living as passion dictates, and desiring what is noble from desiring what seems advantageous. Those, then, who busy themselves in an exceptional degree with noble actions all men approve and praise;
Horregatik izango da bere burua modu gorenean maite duena, baina ez gaitzetsia denaren moduan, eta bi gizakiok, (5) arrazoimenaren arabera bizi izatea eta pasioaren arabera bizi izatea bezain desberdinak izango dira, edo ederra denaren desira eta onuragarria omen denarena.