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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 11
Section 126 of 882
Canonical reference 1.15.11
Ancient Greek
καὶ εἰ τὰ μὲν πράγματα ἐφʼ οἷς ἐτέθη ὁ νόμος μηκέτι μένει, ὁ δὲ νόμος, πειρατέον τοῦτο δηλοῦν καὶ μάχεσθαι ταύτῃ πρὸς τὸν νόμον.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
If the conditions which led to the enactment of the law are now obsolete, while the law itself remains, one must endeavor to make this clear and to combat the law by this argument.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Si les circonstances qui ont conduit à l'adoption de la loi sont désormais caduques, tandis que la loi elle-même subsiste, il faut s'efforcer de le montrer clairement et combattre la loi au moyen de cet argument.