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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 17
Section 632 of 882
Canonical reference 2.5.17
Ancient Greek
ἔστι δὲ θαρραλέα τά τε δεινὰ πόρρω ὄντα καὶ τὰ σωτήρια ἐγγύς, καὶ ἐπανορθώσεις ἂν ὦσι καὶ βοήθειαι πολλαὶ ἢ μεγάλαι ἢ ἄμφω, καὶ μήτε ἠδικημένοι μήτε ἠδικηκότες ὦσιν, ἀνταγωνισταί τε ἢ μὴ ὦσιν ὅλως, ἢ μὴ ἔχωσιν δύναμιν, ἢ δύναμιν ἔχοντες ὦσι φίλοι ἢ πεποιηκότες εὖ ἢ πεπονθότες, ἢ ἂν πλείους ὦσιν οἷς ταὐτὰ συμφέρει, ἢ κρείττους, ἢ ἄμφω.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
Confidence is inspired by the remoteness of fearful things, or by the nearness of things that justify it. If remedies are possible, if there are means of help, either great or numerous, or both; if we have neither committed nor suffered wrong if we have no rivals at all, or only such as are powerless, or, if they have power, are our friends, or have either done us good or have received it from us; if those whose interests are the same as ours are more numerous, or stronger, or both.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
La confiance est inspirée par l’éloignement des choses redoutables ou par la proximité de celles qui la justifient : si des remèdes sont possibles, s’il existe des moyens de secours, grands ou nombreux, ou les deux à la fois ; si nous n’avons ni commis ni subi d’injustice ; si nous n’avons aucun rival, ou seulement des rivaux impuissants, ou qui, s’ils sont puissants, sont nos amis, nous ont rendu service ou en ont reçu de nous ; si ceux dont les intérêts sont identiques aux nôtres sont plus nombreux, plus forts, ou les deux à la fois.
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