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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 15

Section 452 of 882

Canonical reference 2.2.15

Ancient Greek

καὶ τοῖς φίλοις μᾶλλον ἢ τοῖς μὴ φίλοις· οἴονται γὰρ προσήκειν μᾶλλον πάσχειν εὖ ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἢ μή.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

And they are more angry with those who are their friends than with those who are not, for they think that they have a right to be treated well by them rather than ill.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Et ils se mettent davantage en colère contre leurs amis que contre ceux qui ne le sont pas, car ils pensent avoir le droit d’être bien traités par eux plutôt que mal.

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