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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 24

Section 140 of 882

Canonical reference 1.15.24

Ancient Greek

εἶτα ὅτι τοῦ δικαίου ἐστὶ βραβευτὴς ὁ δικαστής· οὔκουν τοῦτο σκεπτέον, ἀλλʼ ὡς δικαιότερον·

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Or, that the judge is the dispenser of justice; so that it is not the contents of the contract that he has to consider, but what is juster.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Ou encore, que le juge est le dispensateur de la justice, de sorte qu'il ne doit pas considérer le contenu du contrat, mais ce qui est plus juste.

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