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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 6

Section 862 of 882

Canonical reference 3.7.6

Ancient Greek

καὶ ἠθικὴ δὲ αὕτη ἡ ἐκ τῶν σημείων δεῖξις, ὅτε ἀκολουθεῖ ἡ ἁρμόττουσα ἑκάστῳ γένει καὶ ἕξει. λέγω δὲ γένος μὲν καθʼ ἡλικίαν, οἷον παῖς ἢ ἀνὴρ ἢ γέρων, καὶ γυνὴ ἢ ἀνήρ, καὶ Λάκων ἢ Θετταλός, ἕξεις δέ, καθʼ ἃς ποιός τις τῷ βίῳ· οὐ γὰρ καθʼ ἅπασαν ἕξιν οἱ βίοι ποιοί τινες.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

Character also may be expressed by the proof from signs, because to each class and habit there is an appropriate style. I mean class in reference to age - child, man, or old man; to sex - man or woman; to country - Lacedaemonian or Thessalian. I call habits those moral states which form a man's character in life;

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Le caractère peut aussi être exprimé par la preuve tirée des signes, parce qu’à chaque classe et à chaque disposition correspond un style approprié. Par classe, j’entends ce qui se rapporte à l’âge, enfant, homme ou vieillard; au sexe, homme ou femme; au pays, Lacédémonien ou Thessalien. J’appelle dispositions les états moraux qui forment le caractère d’un homme dans la vie;

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