Potentially copyrighted passage
By consulting this text, you confirm that you may use it for personal and educational purposes. Do not reproduce its content. If the book helps you, buy it to support the author or rights holders.
Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 29
Section 613 of 882
Canonical reference 2.4.29
Ancient Greek
καὶ τὸ μὴ δεηθέντος ποιῆσαι καὶ τὸ ποιήσαντα μὴ δηλῶσαι· αὐτοῦ γὰρ οὕτως ἕνεκα φαίνεται καὶ οὐ διά τι ἕτερον.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
and doing it unasked, and not making it public after doing it; for then it seems to have been rendered for the sake of the friend, and not for any other reason.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
le rendre sans qu’on l’ait demandé et ne pas le rendre public après l’avoir rendu ; car il semble alors avoir été accordé pour l’ami, et non pour quelque autre raison.
Concepts in this passage
Anger
View detailed page
Filter the library
Family
View detailed page
Filter the library
Fear
View detailed page
Filter the library
Friendship
View detailed page
Filter the library
Justice
View detailed page
Filter the library
Reason
View detailed page
Filter the library
Rhetoric
View detailed page
Filter the library