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Aristo of Chios

Testimonies and Fragments of Aristo of Chios Carrier unit 391

Carrier unit 43 of 55

Canonical reference 391

Ancient Greek

Ἀρίστων τοὺς λόγους τῶν διαλεκτικῶν εἴκαζεν τοῖς τῶν ἀραχνίων ὑφάσμασιν οὐδὲν μὲν χρησίμοις, λίαν δὲ τεχνικοῖς 〈οὖσι

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15

Aristo compared the arguments of the dialecticians to spiders' webs: entirely useless, but exceedingly artful.

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-15

Ariston comparait les raisonnements des dialecticiens aux toiles des araignées: parfaitement inutiles, mais fort ingénieuses 〈...〉.