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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 21

Section 47 of 882

Canonical reference 1.11.21

Ancient Greek

καὶ τὸ μανθάνειν καὶ τὸ θαυμάζειν ἡδὺ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ· ἐν μὲν γὰρ τῷ θαυμάζειν τὸ ἐπιθυμεῖν μαθεῖν ἐστιν, ὥστε τὸ θαυμαστὸν ἐπιθυμητόν, ἐν δὲ τῷ μανθάνειν τὸ εἰς τὸ κατὰ φύσιν καθίστασθαι.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

And learning and admiring are as a rule pleasant; for admiring implies the desire to learn, so that what causes admiration is to be desired, and learning implies a return to the normal.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Apprendre et admirer sont aussi généralement agréables; car admirer implique le désir d'apprendre, de sorte que ce qui provoque l'admiration est désirable, et apprendre implique un retour à l'état normal.

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