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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 262
Section 262 of 927
Canonical reference 7.262
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
πειρασόμεθα <οὖν> κατὰ τὸ δυνατὸν ἑκάστῃ τῶν τοιούτων τἀς ἀπορίας ἐφαρμόττειν, ἵνα μὴ κατ’ ἄνδρα πάντας τοὺς κατηριθμημένους φιλοσόφους ἐπιόντες ταυτολογεῖν ἀναγκαζώμεθα. Περὶ ἀνθρώπου
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
We shall therefore try, as far as possible, to apply the difficulties to each of these classes, so that we need not review every philosopher enumerated individually and be forced to repeat ourselves.
Concerning the Human Being
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Nous essaierons donc, autant que possible, d’appliquer les difficultés à chacune de ces positions, afin de ne pas devoir parcourir un à un tous les philosophes énumérés et répéter les mêmes arguments.
Sur l’homme
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