M. Ant. 10.13

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Here is a passage from Marcus Aurelius that I am trying to understand.

Πυνθάνεσθαι ἑαυτοῦ εὐθὺς ἐξ ὕπνου γενόμενον: μήτι διοίσει σοι, ἐὰν ὑπὸ ἄλλου ψέγηται τὰ δίκαια καὶ καλῶς ἔχοντα; οὐ διοίσει.

I quoted it from Perseus. The Loeb edition by Haines has γένηται instead of ψέγηται. The part that is giving me trouble is καλῶς ἔχοντα. I believe that ἔχω with adverbs can just mean “is”, for example καλῶς ἔχει “it is going well” (from LSJ). So, can I take the article τὰ also with the participle ἔχοντα? Thus, the sense would be “the things (or actions) that are noble”?

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That’s how it makes sense to me, τά applying to both δίκαια and the καλῶς ἔχοντα.

If only more people on the internet would take this to heart.

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Thank you so much, jeidsath. By the way, I will probably be posting quite a bit on Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus. Should I post on the Koiné board or here on Learning Greek? I still consider myself a learner.