Energeia in the Magna Moralia

Abstract There is no clear consensus among scholars about the authenticity of Magna Moralia . Here I present a new case for thinking that work was composed by later Peripatetic, and not, either directly or indirectly, Aristotle. My argument rests on an analysis author’s usage ἐνέργεια , which fruitful way to investigate date work: term apparently coined Aristotle but in antiquity came be used ways inconsistent with Aristotle’s own usage. argue several passages from this distinctively late sense it not plausible think innovation could have occured lifetime shortly thereafter.