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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 7

Section 60 of 882

Canonical reference 1.11.7

Ancient Greek

ὥστʼ ἀνάγκη πάντα τὰ ἡδέα ἢ ἐν τῷ αἰσθάνεσθαι εἶναι παρόντα ἢ ἐν τῷ μεμνῆσθαι γεγενημένα ἢ ἐν τῷ ἐλπίζειν μέλλοντα· αἰσθάνονται μὲν γὰρ τὰ παρόντα, μέμνηνται δὲ τὰ γεγενημένα, ἐλπίζουσι δὲ τὰ μέλλοντα.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Therefore all pleasant things must either be present in sensation, or past in recollection, or future in hope; for one senses the present, recollects the past, and hopes for the future.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Toutes les choses agréables doivent donc être soit présentes dans la sensation, soit passées dans le souvenir, soit futures dans l'espoir; car on perçoit le présent, on se souvient du passé et l'on espère l'avenir.

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