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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 3

Section 8 of 882

Canonical reference 1.1.3

Ancient Greek

νῦν μὲν οὖν οἱ τὰς τέχνας τῶν λόγων συντιθέντες οὐδὲν ὡς εἰπεῖν πεπορίκασιν αὐτῆς μόριον (αἱ γὰρ πίστεις ἔντεχνόν εἰσι μόνον, τὰ δʼ ἄλλα προσθῆκαι), οἱ δὲ περὶ μὲν ἐνθυμημάτων οὐδὲν λέγουσιν, ὅπερ ἐστὶ σῶμα τῆς πίστεως, περὶ δὲ τῶν ἔξω τοῦ πράγματος τὰ πλεῖστα πραγματεύονται·

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Now, previous compilers of Arts of Rhetoric have provided us with only a small portion of this art, for proofs are the only things in it that come within the province of art; everything else is merely an accessory. And yet they say nothing about enthymemes which are the body of proof, but chiefly devote their attention to matters outside the subject;

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

Or, les auteurs antérieurs d'Arts rhétoriques ne nous ont fourni qu'une petite partie de cet art, car les preuves sont les seules choses qui y relèvent de l'art; tout le reste n'est qu'accessoire. Pourtant, ils ne disent rien des enthymèmes, qui constituent le corps de la preuve, mais consacrent principalement leur attention à des matières étrangères au sujet;

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