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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 5

Section 152 of 882

Canonical reference 1.15.5

Ancient Greek

καὶ ὅτι τὸ γνώμῃ τῇ ἀρίστῃ τοῦτʼ ἐστίν, τὸ μὴ παντελῶς χρῆσθαι τοῖς γεγραμμένοις.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

and we must argue that, when the dicast takes an oath to decide to the best of his judgement, he means that he will not abide rigorously by the written laws;

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

et nous devons soutenir que, lorsque le dicast prête serment de juger selon son meilleur jugement, il entend par là qu'il ne s'en tiendra pas rigoureusement aux lois écrites ;

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