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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 27

Section 143 of 882

Canonical reference 1.15.27

Ancient Greek

περὶ δʼ ὅρκων τετραχῶς ἔστι διελεῖν· ἢ γὰρ δίδωσι καὶ λαμβάνει, ἢ οὐδέτερον, ἢ τὸ μὲν τὸ δʼ οὔ, καὶ τούτων ἢ δίδωσιν μὲν οὐ λαμβάνει δέ, ἢ λαμβάνει μὲν δίδωσιν δὲ οὔ. ἔτι ἄλλως παρὰ ταῦτα, εἰ ὀμώμοσται οὗτος ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἢ ὑπʼ ἐκείνου.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

As to oaths four divisions may be made; for either we tender an oath and accept it, or we do neither, or one without the other, and in the last case we either tender but do not accept, or accept but do not tender. Besides this, one may consider whether the oath has already been taken by us or by the other party.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Quant aux serments, on peut établir quatre divisions : ou bien nous proposons un serment et l'acceptons, ou bien nous ne faisons ni l'un ni l'autre, ou bien nous faisons l'un sans l'autre et, dans ce dernier cas, soit nous le proposons sans l'accepter, soit nous l'acceptons sans le proposer. En outre, on peut examiner si le serment a déjà été prêté par nous ou par l'autre partie.

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