Rhetoric Section 8

ὡς μὲν οὖν ἔχοντες ἐλεοῦσιν εἴρηται, ἃ δʼ ἐλεοῦσιν ἐκ τοῦ ὁρισμοῦ δῆλον· ὅσα τε γὰρ τῶν λυπηρῶν καὶ ὀδυνηρῶν φθαρτικά, πάντα ἐλεεινά, καὶ ὅσα ἀναιρετικά, καὶ ὅσων ἡ τύχη αἰτία κακῶν μέγεθος ἐχόντων.

We have stated the frame of mind which leads men to pity; and the things which arouse this feeling are clearly shown by the definition. They are all painful and distressing things that are also destructive, and all that are ruinous; and all evils of which fortune is the cause, if they are great.

Nous avons exposé la disposition d’esprit qui conduit les hommes à la pitié, et les choses qui éveillent ce sentiment ressortent clairement de la définition. Ce sont toutes les choses douloureuses et pénibles qui sont également destructrices, toutes celles qui causent la ruine, ainsi que tous les grands maux dont la fortune est la cause.