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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.

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