Aristotle, Rhetoric, book 2, chapter 2, section 23

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[23] They are also angry with those who slight such persons as it would be disgraceful for them not to defend, for instance, parents, children, wives, and dependents.¹ And with those who are ungrateful,² for the slight is contrary to all sense of obligation.

1 Cope translates “rulers and governors”; but can ἄρχεσθαι be used in a middle sense?

2 To avoid the apparent tautology （ 2.17）, Roemer （Rhein. Mus. 39 p. 503） boldly conjectures χαίρειν: “not to return another's greeting.”

Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.

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