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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 17
Section 257 of 882
Canonical reference 1.7.17
Ancient Greek
καὶ ὧν τὰ ἔργα καλλίω ἢ αἰσχίω, μείζω αὐτά, καὶ ὧν αἱ κακίαι καὶ αἱ ἀρεταὶ μείζους, καὶ τὰ ἔργα μείζω, ἐπείπερ ὡς τὰ αἴτια καὶ αἱ ἀρχαί, καὶ τὰ ἀποβαίνοντα, καὶ ὡς τὰ ἀποβαίνοντα, καὶ τὰ αἴτια καὶ αἱ ἀρχαί.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
And those things whose works are nobler or more disgraceful are themselves greater; and the works of those things, the vices and virtues of which are greater, will also be greater, since between causes and first principles compared with results there is the same relation as between results compared with causes and first principles.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Et les choses dont les œuvres sont plus nobles ou plus honteuses sont elles-mêmes plus grandes ; et les œuvres des choses dont les vices et les vertus sont plus grands seront elles aussi plus grandes, puisqu’il existe entre les causes et les principes premiers comparés aux résultats la même relation qu’entre les résultats comparés aux causes et aux principes premiers.
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Care of the soul
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