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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 8
Section 709 of 882
Canonical reference 2.9.8
Ancient Greek
οὐ γὰρ εἰ δίκαιος ἢ ἀνδρεῖος, ἢ εἰ ἀρετὴν λήψεται, νεμεσήσει τούτῳ (οὐδὲ γὰρ ἔλεοι ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐναντίοις τούτων εἰσίν), ἀλλὰ ἐπὶ πλούτῳ καὶ δυνάμει καὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις, ὅσων ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἄξιοί εἰσιν οἱ ἀγαθοὶ καὶ οἱ τὰ φύσει ἔχοντες ἀγαθά, οἷον εὐγένειαν καὶ κάλλος καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτα.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
for no one will be indignant with a man who is just or courageous, or may acquire any virtue (for one does not feel pity in the case of opposites of those qualities), but men are indignant at wealth, power, in a word, at all the advantages of which good men are worthy. [And those who possess natural advantages, such as noble birth, beauty, and all such things.]
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
car personne ne s’indignera contre un homme parce qu’il est juste ou courageux, ou parce qu’il peut acquérir quelque vertu, puisque l’on n’éprouve pas de pitié dans le cas des contraires de ces qualités. Mais les hommes s’indignent de la richesse, du pouvoir, en un mot de tous les avantages dont les hommes de bien sont dignes. [Et de ceux qui possèdent des avantages naturels, tels que la noblesse de naissance, la beauté et toutes les choses de ce genre.]
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