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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 4

Section 9 of 882

Canonical reference 1.1.4

Ancient Greek

διαβολὴ γὰρ καὶ ἔλεος καὶ ὀργὴ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα πάθη τῆς ψυχῆς οὐ περὶ τοῦ πράγματός ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸν δικαστήν· ὥστʼ εἰ περὶ πάσας ἦν τὰς κρίσεις καθάπερ ἐν ἐνίαις γε νῦν ἐστι τῶν πόλεων καὶ μάλιστα ταῖς εὐνομουμέναις, οὐδὲν ἂν εἶχον ὅ τι λέγωσιν·

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

for the arousing of prejudice, compassion, anger, and similar emotions has no connection with the matter in hand, but is directed only to the dicast. The result would be that, if all trials were now carried on as they are in some States, especially those that are well administered, there would be nothing left for the rhetorician to say.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

car susciter le préjugé, la compassion, la colère et d'autres émotions semblables n'a aucun rapport avec l'affaire en cause, mais ne vise que le juge. Il en résulterait que, si tous les procès se déroulaient aujourd'hui comme ils se déroulent dans certains États, surtout dans ceux qui sont bien administrés, il ne resterait rien à dire au rhéteur.

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