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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 3
Section 416 of 882
Canonical reference 2.18.3
Ancient Greek
πᾶσι γὰρ ἀναγκαῖον τῷ περὶ τοῦ δυνατοῦ καὶ ἀδυνάτου προσχρῆσθαι ἐν τοῖς λόγοις, καὶ τοὺς μὲν ὡς ἔσται τοὺς δὲ ὡς γέγονε πειρᾶσθαι δεικνύναι.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
For all orators are obliged, in their speeches, also to make use of the topic of the possible and impossible, and to endeavor to show, some of them that a thing will happen, others that it has happened.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Car tous les orateurs sont obligés d’employer aussi, dans leurs discours, le lieu du possible et de l’impossible, et de s’efforcer de montrer, les uns qu’une chose arrivera, les autres qu’elle est arrivée.