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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 5
Section 174 of 882
Canonical reference 1.2.5
Ancient Greek
διὰ δὲ τῶν ἀκροατῶν, ὅταν εἰς πάθος ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου προαχθῶσιν· οὐ γὰρ ὁμοίως ἀποδίδομεν τὰς κρίσεις λυπούμενοι καὶ χαίροντες, ἢ φιλοῦντες καὶ μισοῦντες· πρὸς ὃ καὶ μόνον πειρᾶσθαί φαμεν πραγματεύεσθαι τοὺς νῦν τεχνολογοῦντας.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
The orator persuades by means of his hearers, when they are roused to emotion by his speech; for the judgements we deliver are not the same when we are influenced by joy or sorrow, love or hate; and it is to this alone that, as we have said, the present-day writers of treatises endeavor to devote their attention. (We will discuss these matters in detail when we come to speak of the emotions.)
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
L’orateur persuade par le moyen de ses auditeurs lorsque son discours éveille en eux une émotion. Car les jugements que nous portons ne sont pas les mêmes selon que nous sommes sous l’influence de la joie ou de la tristesse, de l’amour ou de la haine; et c’est à cela seul que, comme nous l’avons dit, les auteurs de traités contemporains s’efforcent de consacrer leur attention. (Nous examinerons ces questions en détail lorsque nous en viendrons à parler des émotions.)
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