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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 33
Section 275 of 882
Canonical reference 1.7.33
Ancient Greek
καὶ τὸ αὐτοφυὲς τοῦ ἐπικτήτου· χαλεπώτερον γάρ. ὅθεν καὶ ὁ ποιητής φησιν αὐτοδίδακτος δʼ εἰμί. Hom. Od. 22.347
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
And that which is natural is a greater good than that which is acquired, because it is harder. Whence the poet says: Self-taught am I.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Et ce qui est naturel est un plus grand bien que ce qui est acquis, parce que cela est plus difficile. De là ces mots du poète : « Je suis autodidacte. »