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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 24

Section 608 of 882

Canonical reference 2.4.24

Ancient Greek

καὶ πρὸς οὓς αἰσχύνονται τὰ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν. καὶ πρὸς οὓς φιλοτιμοῦνται, ἢ ὑφʼ ὧν ζηλοῦσθαι βούλονται καὶ μὴ φθονεῖσθαι, τούτους ἢ φιλοῦσιν ἢ βούλονται φίλοι εἶναι.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

and those before whom we do blush for faults that are really bad. And those whose rivals we are, or by whom we wish to be emulated, but not envied, - these we either like or wish to be friends with them.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

et ceux devant qui nous rougissons de fautes réellement mauvaises. Quant à ceux dont nous sommes les rivaux ou dont nous souhaitons être les émules, mais non les objets d’envie, nous les aimons ou désirons être leurs amis.

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