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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 8
Section 288 of 882
Canonical reference 1.7.8
Ancient Greek
καὶ αἱρετώτερον τὸ καθʼ αὑτὸ τοῦ μὴ καθʼ αὑτό, οἷον ἰσχὺς ὑγιεινοῦ· τὸ μὲν γὰρ οὐχ αὑτοῦ ἕνεκα, τὸ δὲ αὑτοῦ, ὅπερ ἦν τὸ ἀγαθόν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
And that which is more desirable in itself is superior to that which is not; for example, strength is a greater good than the wholesome, which is not desirable for its own sake, while strength is; and, this we agreed was the meaning of a good.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Et ce qui est plus désirable en soi est supérieur à ce qui ne l’est pas. Par exemple, la force est un plus grand bien que ce qui est salutaire, lequel n’est pas désirable pour lui-même, tandis que la force l’est ; or nous avons convenu que tel était le sens d’un bien.