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Aristotle

Rhetoric Section 9

Section 865 of 882

Canonical reference 3.7.9

Ancient Greek

ἄκος δʼ ἐπὶ πάσῃ ὑπερβολῇ τὸ θρυλούμενον· δεῖ γὰρ αὐτὸν αὑτῷ προσεπιπλήττειν· δοκεῖ γὰρ ἀληθὲς εἶναι, ἐπεὶ οὐ λανθάνει γε ὃ ποιεῖ τὸν λέγοντα.

English

J. H. Freese, 1926

But whenever one has gone too far, the remedy may be found in the common piece of advice - that he should rebuke himself in advance; then the excess seems true, since the orator is obviously aware of what he is doing.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Mais chaque fois que l’on est allé trop loin, on peut trouver le remède dans ce conseil courant: se réprimander soi-même par avance. Alors l’excès paraît vrai, puisque l’orateur a manifestement conscience de ce qu’il fait.

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