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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 1
Section 570 of 882
Canonical reference 2.26.1
Ancient Greek
τὸ δʼ αὔξειν καὶ μειοῦν οὐκ ἔστιν ἐνθυμήματος στοιχεῖον· τὸ γὰρ αὐτὸ λέγω στοιχεῖον καὶ τόπον· ἔστιν γὰρ στοιχεῖον καὶ τόπος εἰς ὃ πολλὰ ἐνθυμήματα ἐμπίπτει. τὸ δʼ αὔξειν καὶ μειοῦν ἐστὶν ἐνθυμήματα πρὸς τὸ δεῖξαι ὅτι μέγα ἢ μικρόν, ὥσπερ καὶ ὅτι ἀγαθὸν ἢ κακόν, ἢ δίκαιον ἢ ἄδικον, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὁτιοῦν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
Amplification and depreciation are not elements of enthymeme (for I regard element and topic as identical), since element (or topic) is a head under which several enthymemes are included, but they are enthymemes which serve to show that a thing is great or small, just as others serve to show that it is good or bad, just or unjust, or anything else.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
L’amplification et la dépréciation ne sont pas des éléments de l’enthymème, car je tiens l’élément et le lieu pour identiques. En effet, l’élément, ou lieu, est une rubrique sous laquelle sont compris plusieurs enthymèmes ; mais l’amplification et la dépréciation sont des enthymèmes servant à montrer qu’une chose est grande ou petite, tout comme d’autres servent à montrer qu’elle est bonne ou mauvaise, juste ou injuste, ou quoi que ce soit d’autre.
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