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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 11
Section 681 of 882
Canonical reference 2.8.11
Ancient Greek
καὶ τὸ πολλάκις τοιοῦτον, καὶ τὸ πεπονθότος γενέσθαι τι ἀγαθόν, οἷον Διοπείθει τὰ παρὰ βασιλέως τεθνεῶτι κατεπέμφθη, καὶ τὸ ἢ μηδὲν γεγενῆσθαι ἀγαθὸν ἢ γενομένων μὴ εἶναι ἀπόλαυσιν. ἐφʼ οἷς μὲν οὖν ἐλεοῦσι, ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτά ἐστιν·
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
and if this happens often; and if good fortune does not come until a man has already suffered, as when the presents from the Great King were not dispatched to Diopithes until he was dead. Those also are to be pitied to whom no good has ever accrued, or who are unable to enjoy it when it has. These and the like things, then, excite pity.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
que cela arrive souvent ; et que la bonne fortune ne survienne qu’après que l’homme a déjà souffert, comme lorsque les présents du Grand Roi ne furent envoyés à Diopithès qu’après sa mort. Sont également à plaindre ceux auxquels aucun bien n’est jamais échu, ou ceux qui sont incapables d’en jouir lorsqu’il leur échoit. Telles sont donc, avec les choses semblables, celles qui éveillent la pitié.
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