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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 1

Section 767 of 882

Canonical reference 3.15.1

Ancient Greek

περὶ δὲ διαβολῆς ἓν μὲν τὸ ἐξ ὧν ἄν τις ὑπόληψιν δυσχερῆ ἀπολύσαιτο (οὐθὲν γὰρ διαφέρει εἴτε εἰπόντος τινὸς εἴτε μή, ὥστε τοῦτο καθόλου)·

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

One way of removing prejudice is to make use of the arguments by which one may clear oneself from disagreeable suspicion; for it makes no difference whether this suspicion has been openly expressed or not; and so this may be taken as a general rule.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Une manière de dissiper un préjugé consiste à employer les arguments par lesquels on peut se disculper d'un soupçon fâcheux. Peu importe, en effet, que ce soupçon ait été ouvertement exprimé ou non. On peut donc tenir cela pour une règle générale.

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