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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 20

Section 431 of 882

Canonical reference 2.19.20

Ancient Greek

καὶ εἰ ἔμελλε γίγνεσθαι , καὶ ποιεῖν· εἰκὸς γὰρ τὸν μέλλοντα καὶ ποιῆσαι.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

And if anything was on the point of being done, it most probably was done; for it is likely that one who was on the point of doing something has carried it out.

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

Et si quelque chose était sur le point d’être fait, cela a très probablement été fait ; car il est vraisemblable que celui qui était sur le point de faire quelque chose l’a mené à bien.

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