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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 9

Section 396 of 882

Canonical reference 2.13.9

Ancient Greek

καὶ φίλαυτοι μᾶλλον ἢ δεῖ· μικροψυχία γάρ τις καὶ αὕτη. καὶ πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον ζῶσιν, ἀλλʼ οὐ πρὸς τὸ καλόν, μᾶλλον ἢ δεῖ, διὰ τὸ φίλαυτοι εἶναι· τὸ μὲν γὰρ συμφέρον αὐτῷ ἀγαθόν ἐστι, τὸ δὲ καλὸν ἁπλῶς.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

And they are unduly selfish, for this also is littleness of mind. And they live not for the noble, but for the useful, more than they ought, because they are selfish; for the useful is a good for the individual, whereas the noble is good absolutely.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Et ils sont excessivement égoïstes, car cela aussi est petitesse d’esprit. Et ils vivent en vue non du noble, mais de l’utile, plus qu’ils ne le devraient, parce qu’ils sont égoïstes ; car l’utile est un bien pour l’individu, tandis que le noble est un bien absolument parlant.

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