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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 10
Section 516 of 882
Canonical reference 2.23.10
Ancient Greek
ἄλλος ἐκ διαιρέσεως, οἷον εἰ πάντες τριῶν ἕνεκεν ἀδικοῦσιν (ἢ τοῦδε γὰρ ἕνεκα ἢ τοῦδε ἢ τοῦδε), καὶ διὰ μὲν τὰ δύο ἀδύνατον, διὰ δὲ τὸ τρίτον οὐδʼ αὐτοί φασιν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
Another, from division. For example, There are always three motives for wrongdoing; two are excluded from consideration as impossible; as for the third, not even the accusers assert it.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
Un autre lieu se tire de la division. Par exemple : « Il y a toujours trois mobiles à une mauvaise action ; deux sont écartés comme impossibles ; quant au troisième, les accusateurs eux-mêmes ne l'allèguent pas. »