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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 27
Section 438 of 882
Canonical reference 2.19.27
Ancient Greek
τὸ δὲ παρὰ ταῦτα ἔτι ζητεῖν περὶ μεγέθους ἁπλῶς καὶ ὑπεροχῆς κενολογεῖν ἐστιν· κυριώτερα γάρ ἐστιν πρὸς τὴν χρείαν τῶν καθόλου τὰ καθʼ ἕκαστα τῶν πραγμάτων. περὶ μὲν οὖν δυνατοῦ καὶ ἀδυνάτου, καὶ πότερον γέγονεν ἢ οὐ γέγονεν καὶ ἔσται ἢ οὐκ ἔσται, ἔτι δὲ περὶ μεγέθους καὶ μικρότητος τῶν πραγμάτων, εἰρήσθω ταῦτα.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
To make any further inquiry as to magnitude and superiority absolutely would be waste of words; for the particular has more authority than the general for practical purposes. Let this suffice for the possible and impossible; for the question whether a thing has happened, or will happen, or not; and for the greatness or smallness of things.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Pousser plus loin la recherche sur la grandeur et la supériorité prises absolument serait perdre ses mots ; car, dans la pratique, le particulier a plus d’autorité que le général. Que cela suffise au sujet du possible et de l’impossible ; de la question de savoir si une chose est arrivée, arrivera ou non ; et de la grandeur ou de la petitesse des choses.
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