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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 4

Section 282 of 882

Canonical reference 1.7.4

Ancient Greek

καὶ ἐὰν τὸ μέγιστον τοῦ μεγίστου ὑπερέχῃ, καὶ αὐτὰ αὐτῶν· καὶ ὅσα αὐτὰ αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ μέγιστον τοῦ μεγίστου· οἷον εἰ ὁ μέγιστος ἀνὴρ γυναικὸς τῆς μεγίστης μείζων, καὶ ὅλως οἱ ἄνδρες τῶν γυναικῶν μείζους, καὶ εἰ οἱ ἄνδρες ὅλως τῶν γυναικῶν μείζους, καὶ ἀνὴρ ὁ μέγιστος τῆς μεγίστης γυναικὸς μείζων· ἀνάλογον γὰρ ἔχουσιν αἱ ὑπεροχαὶ τῶν γενῶν καὶ τῶν μεγίστων ἐν αὐτοῖς.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

And if that which is greatest in one class surpass that which is greatest in another class, the first class will surpass the second; and whenever one class surpasses another, the greatest of that class will surpass the greatest of the other. For instance, if the biggest man is greater than the biggest woman, men in general will be bigger than women; and if men in general are bigger than women, the biggest man will be bigger than the biggest woman; for the superiority of classes and of the greatest things contained in them are proportionate.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Et si ce qui est le plus grand dans une classe dépasse ce qui est le plus grand dans une autre, la première classe dépassera la seconde ; et chaque fois qu’une classe en dépasse une autre, ce qu’elle contient de plus grand dépassera ce que l’autre contient de plus grand. Par exemple, si le plus grand homme est plus grand que la plus grande femme, les hommes en général seront plus grands que les femmes ; et si les hommes en général sont plus grands que les femmes, le plus grand homme sera plus grand que la plus grande femme. Car la supériorité des classes et celle des plus grandes choses qu’elles contiennent sont proportionnelles.

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