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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 2

Section 526 of 882

Canonical reference 2.23.2

Ancient Greek

ἄλλος ἐκ τῶν ὁμοίων πτώσεων· ὁμοίως γὰρ δεῖ ὑπάρχειν ἢ μὴ ὑπάρχειν, οἷον ὅτι τὸ δίκαιον οὐ πᾶν ἀγαθόν· καὶ γὰρ ἂν τὸ δικαίως, νῦν δʼ οὐχ αἱρετὸν τὸ δικαίως ἀποθανεῖν.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Another topic is derived from similar inflections, for in like manner the derivatives must either be predicable of the subject or not; for instance, that the just is not entirely good, for in that case good would be predicable of anything that happens justly; but to be justly put to death is not desirable.

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

Un autre lieu se tire des flexions semblables, car les termes dérivés doivent pareillement pouvoir être prédiqués du sujet, ou ne pas le pouvoir. Par exemple, le juste n'est pas entièrement bon, car, dans ce cas, « bon » pourrait être prédiqué de tout ce qui arrive justement ; or il n'est pas souhaitable d'être justement mis à mort.

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