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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 6

Section 413 of 882

Canonical reference 2.17.6

Ancient Greek

ὑπερηφανώτεροι μὲν οὖν καὶ ἀλογιστότεροι διὰ τὴν εὐτυχίαν εἰσίν, ἓν δὲ ἀκολουθεῖ βέλτιστον ἦθος τῇ εὐτυχίᾳ, ὅτι φιλόθεοί εἰσι καὶ ἔχουσιν πρὸς τὸ θεῖόν πως, πιστεύοντες διὰ τὰ γιγνόμενα ἀπὸ τῆς τύχης. περὶ μὲν οὖν τῶν καθʼ ἡλικίαν καὶ τύχην ἠθῶν εἴρηται· τὰ γὰρ ἐναντία τῶν εἰρημένων ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων φανερά ἐστιν, οἷον πένητος καὶ ἀτυχοῦς ἦθος καὶ ἀδυνάτου.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Now, although men are more arrogant and thoughtless owing to good fortune, it is accompanied by a most precious quality. Fortunate men stand in a certain relation to the divinity and love the gods, having confidence in them owing to the benefits they have received from fortune. We have spoken of the characters associated with different ages and fortunes; the opposite characters to those described, for instance, of the poor, of the unfortunate, and of the weak, are obvious from their opposites.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Or, bien que la bonne fortune rende les hommes plus arrogants et irréfléchis, elle s’accompagne d’une qualité des plus précieuses. Les hommes fortunés entretiennent un certain rapport avec la divinité et aiment les dieux, ayant confiance en eux à cause des bienfaits qu’ils ont reçus de la fortune. Nous avons parlé des caractères associés aux différents âges et aux diverses fortunes ; les caractères opposés à ceux qui ont été décrits, par exemple ceux des pauvres, des infortunés et des faibles, ressortent manifestement de leurs contraires.

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