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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 13
Section 579 of 882
Canonical reference 2.3.13
Ancient Greek
παύει δὲ καὶ ἑτέρου ὀργὴν μείζω ἡ παρʼ ἄλλου ληφθεῖσα τιμωρία πρότερον· διὸ εὖ Φιλοκράτης, εἰπόντος τινός, ὀργιζομένου τοῦ δήμου, τί οὐκ ἀπολογεῖ; , οὔπω γε , ἔφη. ἀλλὰ πότε; ὅταν ἴδω ἄλλον διαβεβλημένον · πρᾶοι γὰρ γίγνονται ὅταν εἰς ἄλλον τὴν ὀργὴν ἀναλώσωσιν, ὃ συνέβη ἐπὶ Ἐργοφίλου· μᾶλλον γὰρ χαλεπαίνοντες ἢ Καλλισθένει ἀφεῖσαν διὰ τὸ Καλλισθένους τῇ προτεραίᾳ καταγνῶναι θάνατον.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
Again, vengeance previously taken upon one person appeases anger against another, even though it be greater. Wherefore Philocrates, when someone asked him why he did not justify himself when the people were angry with him, made the judicious reply, Not yet. When then? When I see someone accused of the same offence ; for men grow mild when they have exhausted their anger upon another, as happened in the case of Ergophilus. For although the Athenians were more indignant with him than with Callisthenes, they acquitted him, because they had condemned CalIicrates to death on the previous day.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
De même, une vengeance exercée auparavant contre une personne apaise la colère dirigée contre une autre, même si celle-ci est plus forte. C’est pourquoi Philocrate, à qui quelqu’un demandait pourquoi il ne se justifiait pas alors que le peuple était irrité contre lui, répondit avec discernement : « Pas encore. » « Quand donc ? » « Lorsque je verrai quelqu’un accusé de la même faute. » Car les hommes s’adoucissent lorsqu’ils ont épuisé leur colère sur un autre, comme cela arriva dans le cas d’Ergophile. Bien que les Athéniens fussent plus indignés contre lui que contre Callisthène, ils l’acquittèrent parce qu’ils avaient condamné Callicrate à mort la veille.
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Death
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Family
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Fear
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Friendship
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Reason
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