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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 15

Section 425 of 882

Canonical reference 2.19.15

Ancient Greek

περὶ δὲ ἀδυνάτου δῆλον ὅτι ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων τοῖς εἰρημένοις ὑπάρχει.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

As for the impossible, it is clear that there is a supply of arguments to be derived from the opposite of what has been said about the possible.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Quant à l’impossible, il est clair qu’on peut tirer quantité d’arguments du contraire de ce qui a été dit au sujet du possible.

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