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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 6

Section 377 of 882

Canonical reference 2.12.6

Ancient Greek

καὶ φιλότιμοι μέν εἰσιν, μᾶλλον δὲ φιλόνικοι (ὑπεροχῆς γὰρ ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης, ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑπεροχή τις), καὶ ἄμφω ταῦτα μᾶλλον ἢ φιλοχρήματοι (φιλοχρήματοι δὲ ἥκιστα διὰ τὸ μήπω ἐνδείας πεπειρᾶσθαι, ὥσπερ τὸ Πιττακοῦ ἔχει ἀπόφθεγμα εἰς Ἀμφιάραον),

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

They are ambitious of honor, but more so of victory; for youth desires superiority, and victory is a kind of superiority. And their desire for both these is greater than their desire for money, to which they attach only the slightest value, because they have never yet experienced want, as Pittacus said in his pithy remark on Amphiaraus.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Ils ambitionnent l’honneur, mais plus encore la victoire, car la jeunesse désire la supériorité, et la victoire est une forme de supériorité. Leur désir de ces deux biens est plus grand que leur désir d’argent, auquel ils n’attachent qu’une très faible valeur, parce qu’ils n’ont encore jamais éprouvé le besoin, comme le disait Pittacos dans sa remarque concise sur Amphiaraos.

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