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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 6

Section 94 of 882

Canonical reference 1.12.6

Ancient Greek

καὶ τὰ τηλικαῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα οἷα μηδʼ ἂν εἷς· ἀφύλακτα γὰρ καὶ ταῦτα· πάντες γὰρ τὰ εἰωθότα, ὥσπερ ἀρρωστήματα, φυλάττονται καὶ τἀδικήματα, ὃ δὲ μηδείς πω ἠρρώστηκεν, οὐδεὶς εὐλαβεῖται.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Also, if they are so great and of such a nature that no one would even be likely to attempt them, for these also are not guarded against; for all guard against ordinary ailments and wrongs, but no one takes precautions against those ailments from which no one has ever yet suffered.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

De même, si les actes sont si grands et d'une nature telle que personne ne semblerait même susceptible de les tenter, car on ne s'en prémunit pas davantage. En effet, tous se gardent des maux et des injustices ordinaires, mais personne ne prend de précautions contre les maux dont nul n'a encore jamais souffert.

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