Rhet gre 1356a25-27ὥστε συμβαίνει τὴν ῥητορικὴν οἷον παραφυές τι (26) τῆς διαλεκτικῆς εἶναι καὶ τῆς περὶ τὰ ἤθη πραγματείας, ἣν (27) δίκαιόν ἐστι προσαγορεύειν πολιτικήν.
Rhys Roberts 1924 engIt thus appears that rhetoric is an offshoot of dialectic and also of ethical studies. Ethical studies may fairly be called political;
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