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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 8

Section 247 of 882

Canonical reference 1.6.8

Ancient Greek

ὡς δὲ καθʼ ἓν εἰπεῖν, ἀνάγκη ἀγαθὰ εἶναι τάδε. εὐδαιμονία· καὶ γὰρ καθʼ αὑτὸ αἱρετὸν καὶ αὔταρκες, καὶ ἕνεκα αὐτῆς τἆλλα αἱρούμεθα.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

To enumerate them one by one, the following things must necessarily be good. Happiness, since it is desirable in itself and self-sufficient, and to obtain it we choose a number of things.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Pour les énumérer une à une, les choses suivantes doivent nécessairement être des biens. Le bonheur, puisqu’il est désirable en lui-même et se suffit à lui-même, et que nous choisissons nombre de choses pour l’obtenir.

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