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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 6

Section 286 of 882

Canonical reference 1.7.6

Ancient Greek

καὶ τὰ ὑπερέχοντα τοῦ αὐτοῦ μείζονι μείζω· ἀνάγκη γὰρ ὑπερέχειν καὶ τοῦ μείονι.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

And things which exceed the same thing by a greater amount [than something else] are greater, for they must also exceed the greater.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Et les choses qui dépassent une même chose d’une quantité plus grande [qu’une autre] sont plus grandes, car elles doivent aussi dépasser la plus grande.

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