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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 20

Section 636 of 882

Canonical reference 2.5.20

Ancient Greek

οἴονται δὲ ὧν κεκρατήκασιν ἢ αὐτῶν ἢ τῶν κρειττόνων ἢ τῶν ὁμοίων. καὶ ἂν ὑπάρχειν αὑτοῖς οἴωνται πλείω καὶ μείζω, οἷς ὑπερέχοντες φοβεροί εἰσιν· ταῦτα δέ ἐστι πλῆθος χρημάτων καὶ ἰσχὺς σωμάτων καὶ φίλων καὶ χώρας καὶ τῶν πρὸς πόλεμον παρασκευῶν, ἢ πασῶν ἢ τῶν μεγίστων. καὶ ἐὰν μὴ ἠδικηκότες ὦσιν μηδένα ἢ μὴ πολλοὺς ἢ μὴ τούτους παρʼ ὧν φοβοῦνται,

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

And if we think we possess more or more considerable advantages, such as make their possessors formidable; such are abundance of money, strength of body, friends, territory, military equipments, either all or the most important. And if we have never done wrong to anyone, or only to a few, or not to such as are to be feared;

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Et si nous pensons posséder des avantages plus nombreux ou plus considérables, de ceux qui rendent redoutables leurs possesseurs, tels qu’une abondance d’argent, la force physique, des amis, un territoire et des équipements militaires, soit tous, soit les plus importants. Et si nous n’avons jamais fait de tort à personne, ou seulement à quelques-uns, ou à des gens qui ne sont pas à craindre ;

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