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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 7
Section 176 of 882
Canonical reference 1.2.7
Ancient Greek
ἐπεὶ δʼ αἱ πίστεις διὰ τούτων εἰσί, φανερὸν ὅτι ταύτας ἐστὶ λαβεῖν τοῦ συλλογίσασθαι δυναμένου καὶ τοῦ θεωρῆσαι περὶ τὰ ἤθη καὶ περὶ τὰς ἀρετὰς καὶ τρίτον τοῦ περὶ τὰ πάθη, τί τε ἕκαστόν ἐστιν τῶν παθῶν καὶ ποῖόν τι, καὶ ἐκ τίνων ἐγγίνεται καὶ πῶς, ὥστε συμβαίνει τὴν ῥητορικὴν οἷον παραφυές τι τῆς διαλεκτικῆς εἶναι καὶ τῆς περὶ τὰ ἤθη πραγματείας, ἣν δίκαιόν ἐστι προσαγορεύειν πολιτικήν. διὸ καὶ ὑποδύεται ὑπὸ τὸ σχῆμα τὸ τῆς πολιτικῆς ἡ ῥητορικὴ καὶ οἱ ἀντιποιούμενοι ταύτης τὰ μὲν διʼ ἀπαιδευσίαν, τὰ δὲ διʼ ἀλαζονείαν, τὰ δὲ καὶ διʼ ἄλλας αἰτίας ἀνθρωπικάς· ἔστι γὰρ μόριόν τι τῆς διαλεκτικῆς καὶ ὁμοίωμα, καθάπερ καὶ ἀρχόμενοι εἴπομεν· περὶ οὐδενὸς γὰρ ὡρισμένου οὐδετέρα αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἐπιστήμη πῶς ἔχει, ἀλλὰ δυνάμεις τινὲς τοῦ πορίσαι λόγους.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
Now, since proofs are effected by these means, it is evident that, to be able to grasp them, a man must be capable of logical reasoning, of studying characters and the virtues, and thirdly the emotions - the nature and character of each, its origin, and the manner in which it is produced. Thus it appears that Rhetoric is as it were an offshoot of Dialectic and of the science of Ethics, which may be reasonably called Politics. That is why Rhetoric assumes the character of Politics, and those who claim to possess it, partly from ignorance, partly from boastfulness, and partly from other human weaknesses, do the same. For, as we said at the outset, Rhetoric is a sort of division or likeness of Dialectic, since neither of them is a science that deals with the nature of any definite subject, but they are merely faculties of furnishing arguments. We have now said nearly enough about the faculties of these arts and their mutual relations.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Puisque les preuves sont produites par ces moyens, il est évident que, pour être capable de les saisir, il faut savoir raisonner logiquement, étudier les caractères et les vertus, et, en troisième lieu, les émotions : la nature et le caractère de chacune, son origine et la manière dont elle est produite. Ainsi, la Rhétorique apparaît comme une sorte de rejeton de la Dialectique et de la science de l’Éthique, que l’on peut raisonnablement appeler Politique. C’est pourquoi la Rhétorique prend le caractère de la Politique, et ceux qui prétendent la posséder font de même, en partie par ignorance, en partie par vantardise et en partie du fait d’autres faiblesses humaines. Car, comme nous l’avons dit au début, la Rhétorique est une sorte de division ou de pendant de la Dialectique, puisque ni l’une ni l’autre n’est une science qui traite de la nature d’un sujet déterminé, mais que toutes deux sont simplement des facultés de fournir des arguments. Nous en avons maintenant dit à peu près assez sur les facultés de ces arts et sur leurs rapports mutuels.
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Dialectic
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Nature
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Roles and relationships
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