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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 21
Section 232 of 882
Canonical reference 1.6.21
Ancient Greek
καὶ οὗ μὴ ἔστιν ὑπερβολή, τοῦτο ἀγαθόν, ὃ δʼ ἂν ᾖ μεῖζον ἢ δεῖ, κακόν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
That which is not in excess is good, whereas that which is greater than it should be, is bad.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Ce qui n’est pas excessif est un bien, tandis que ce qui dépasse la mesure convenable est un mal.