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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 15

Section 652 of 882

Canonical reference 2.6.15

Ancient Greek

λόγον δὲ ἔχει τῶν θαυμαζόντων, καὶ οὓς θαυμάζει, καὶ ὑφʼ ὧν βούλεται θαυμάζεσθαι, καὶ πρὸς οὓς φιλοτιμεῖται, καὶ ὧν μὴ καταφρονεῖ τῆς δόξης·

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Now men esteem those who admire them and those whom they admire, those by whom they wish to be admired, those whose rivals they are, and whose opinion they do not despise.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Or les hommes estiment ceux qui les admirent et ceux qu’ils admirent, ceux dont ils souhaitent être admirés, ceux dont ils sont les rivaux et ceux dont ils ne méprisent pas l’opinion.

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