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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 14
Section 103 of 882
Canonical reference 1.13.14
Ancient Greek
ἂν οὖν ᾖ ἀόριστον, δέῃ δὲ νομοθετῆσαι, ἀνάγκη ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν, ὥστε κἂν δακτύλιον ἔχων ἐπάρηται τὴν χεῖρα ἢ πατάξῃ, κατὰ μὲν τὸν γεγραμμένον νόμον ἔνοχός ἐστι καὶ ἀδικεῖ, κατὰ δὲ τὸ ἀληθὲς οὐκ ἀδικεῖ, καὶ τὸ ἐπιεικὲς τοῦτό ἐστιν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
If then no exact definition is possible, but legislation is necessary, one must have recourse to general terms; so that, if a man wearing a ring lifts up his hand to strike or actually strikes, according to the written law he is guilty of wrongdoing, but in reality he is not; and this is a case for equity.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Si donc aucune définition exacte n'est possible, mais qu'il soit nécessaire de légiférer, il faut recourir à des termes généraux. Ainsi, si un homme portant une bague lève la main pour frapper ou frappe effectivement, il est coupable d'injustice selon la loi écrite, mais il ne l'est pas en réalité, et c'est là un cas d'équité.
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