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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 25
Section 463 of 882
Canonical reference 2.2.25
Ancient Greek
καταφρονητικὸν γὰρ ἡ εἰρωνεία. καὶ τοῖς τῶν ἄλλων εὐποιητικοῖς, ἐὰν μὴ καὶ αὐτῶν· καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο καταφρονητικόν, τὸ μὴ ἀξιοῦν, ὧν πάντας, καὶ αὐτόν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
for irony shows contempt. And with those who do good to others, but not to them; for not to think them worthy of what they bestow upon all others also shows contempt.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
car l’ironie manifeste le mépris. Et contre ceux qui font du bien aux autres, mais pas à eux ; car ne pas les juger dignes de ce que l’on accorde à tous les autres manifeste également le mépris.