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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 9
Section 357 of 882
Canonical reference 2.10.9
Ancient Greek
καὶ τοῖς ἢ ἔχουσι ταῦτα ἢ κεκτημένοις ὅσα αὐτοῖς προσῆκεν ἢ ἐκέκτηντό ποτε· διὸ πρεσβύτεροί τε νεωτέροις
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
And those who either have or have acquired what was naturally theirs or what they had once acquired; this is why an older man is envious of a younger one.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
On envie encore ceux qui possèdent ou ont acquis ce qui nous appartenait naturellement ou que nous avions autrefois acquis. Voilà pourquoi un homme âgé envie un homme plus jeune.