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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 24
Section 265 of 882
Canonical reference 1.7.24
Ancient Greek
καὶ τὸ κάλλιον τοῦ ἧττον καλοῦ· τὸ γὰρ καλόν ἐστιν ἤτοι τὸ ἡδὺ ἢ τὸ καθʼ αὑτὸ αἱρετόν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
And that which is nobler than that which is less noble; for the noble is that which is either agreeable or desirable in itself.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Et ce qui est plus noble est préférable à ce qui l’est moins, car le noble est ce qui est soit agréable, soit désirable en soi.