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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 18

Section 601 of 882

Canonical reference 2.4.18

Ancient Greek

καὶ τοὺς μὴ κακολόγους μηδὲ εἰδότας μήτε τὰ τῶν πλησίον κακὰ μήτε τὰ αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ τἀγαθά·

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

and those who are neither given to slander, or eager to know the faults of their neighbors nor our own, but only the good qualities;

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

et ceux qui ne sont ni enclins à la médisance, ni désireux de connaître les défauts de leurs voisins ou les nôtres, mais seulement leurs qualités ;

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