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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 9

Section 645 of 882

Canonical reference 2.5.9

Ancient Greek

ὑπέκειτο γὰρ τὸ τοιοῦτο φοβερόν. καὶ οἱ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀνταγωνισταί, ὅσα μὴ ἐνδέχεται ἅμα ὑπάρχειν ἀμφοῖν· ἀεὶ γὰρ πολεμοῦσι πρὸς τοὺς τοιούτους.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

which was assumed to be something to be feared. And those who are our rivals for the same things, whenever it is impossible to share them, for men are always contending with such persons.

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

lesquelles ont été reconnues comme une chose à craindre. Et ceux qui rivalisent avec nous pour les mêmes biens, lorsqu’il est impossible de les partager, car les hommes sont toujours en lutte avec de telles personnes.

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