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Aristotle
Rhetoric Section 4
Section 815 of 882
Canonical reference 3.19.4
Ancient Greek
ὥστε λοιπὸν ἀναμνῆσαι τὰ προειρημένα. τοῦτο δὲ ἁρμόττει ποιεῖν οὐχ ὥσπερ φασὶν ἐν τοῖς προοιμίοις, οὐκ ὀρθῶς λέγοντες. ἵνα γὰρ εὐμαθὴς ᾖ, κελεύουσι πολλάκις εἰπεῖν. ἐκεῖ μὲν οὖν δεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα εἰπεῖν, ἵνα μὴ λανθάνῃ περὶ οὗ ἡ κρίσις, ἐνταῦθα δὲ διʼ ὧν δέδεικται, κεφαλαιωδῶς.
English
J. H. Freese, 1926
so that all that remains is to recapitulate what has been said. This may appropriately be done at this stage in the way certain rhetoricians wrongly recommend for the exordium, when they advise frequent repetition of the points, so that they may be easily learnt. In the exordium we should state the subject, in order that the question to be decided may not escape notice, but in the epilogue we should give a summary statement of the proofs.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
de sorte qu'il ne reste plus qu'à récapituler ce qui a été dit. On peut opportunément le faire à ce stade de la manière que certains rhéteurs recommandent à tort pour l'exorde, lorsqu'ils conseillent de répéter fréquemment les points afin qu'ils soient faciles à retenir. Dans l'exorde, nous devons énoncer le sujet pour que la question à trancher ne passe pas inaperçue ; dans l'épilogue, nous devons présenter un résumé des preuves.
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