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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 5
Section 244 of 882
Canonical reference 1.6.5
Ancient Greek
καὶ ἡ ἀντʼ ἐλάττονος ἀγαθοῦ μείζονος λῆψις καὶ ἀντὶ μείζονος κακοῦ ἐλάττονος· ᾧ γὰρ ὑπερέχει τὸ μεῖζον τοῦ ἐλάττονος, τούτῳ γίνεται τοῦ μὲν λῆψις τοῦ δʼ ἀποβολή.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
The same applies to the acquisition of a greater in place of a less good, and a less in place of a greater evil; for in proportion as the greater exceeds the less, there is an acquisition of the one and a loss of the other.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Il en va de même de l’acquisition d’un bien plus grand à la place d’un moindre, et d’un mal moindre à la place d’un plus grand ; car dans la mesure où le plus grand dépasse le moindre, il y a acquisition de l’un et perte de l’autre.
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