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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 4

Section 391 of 882

Canonical reference 2.13.4

Ancient Greek

καὶ οὔτε φιλοῦσιν σφόδρα οὔτε μισοῦσι διὰ ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὴν Βίαντος ὑποθήκην καὶ φιλοῦσιν ὡς μισήσοντες καὶ μισοῦσιν ὡς φιλήσοντες.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

And neither their love nor their hatred is strong for the same reasons; but, according to the precept of Bias, they love as if they would one day hate, and hate as if they would one day love.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Pour les mêmes raisons, ni leur amour ni leur haine ne sont forts. Mais, selon le précepte de Bias, ils aiment comme s’ils devaient un jour haïr, et haïssent comme s’ils devaient un jour aimer.

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