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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 10
Section 696 of 882
Canonical reference 2.9.10
Ancient Greek
αἴτιον δʼ ὅτι οἱ μὲν δοκοῦσι τὰ αὑτῶν ἔχειν οἱ δʼ οὔ· τὸ γὰρ ἀεὶ οὕτω φαινόμενον ἔχειν ἀληθὲς δοκεῖ, ὥστε οἱ ἕτεροι οὐ τὰ αὑτῶν ἔχειν.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
The reason is that the latter seem to possess what belongs to them, the former not; for that which all along shows itself in the same light suggests a reality, so that the former seem to possess what is not theirs.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
La raison en est que les derniers paraissent posséder ce qui leur appartient, et non les premiers. Car ce qui se présente constamment sous le même jour suggère une réalité, si bien que les premiers paraissent posséder ce qui ne leur appartient pas.
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