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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 270

Section 270 of 927

Canonical reference 7.270

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

διαφέρει δὲ τὸ τινὶ συμβεβηκὸς ἐκείνου τοῦ ᾧ συμβέβηκεν, ἐπεί τοι εἰ μὴ διαφέρει, οὐκ ἂν ἦν συμβεβηκὸς ἀλλ’ αὐτὸ ἐκεῖνο. ἀμέλει γοῦν τῶν συμβεβηκότων τὰ μὲν ἀχώριστά ἐστί τῶν οἷς συμβέβηκεν, ὧς μῆκος καὶ πλάτος καὶ βάθος σώμασι (δίχα γὰρ τῆς τούτων παρουσίας ἀμήχανόν ἐστιν ἐπινοῆσαι σῶμα),

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

What is incidental to something differs from that to which it is incidental, since if it did not differ, it would not be incidental but that very thing. Indeed, among incidental attributes, some are inseparable from the things to which they belong, as length, breadth, and depth are from bodies, for it is impossible to conceive a body without their presence,

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Or ce qui arrive accidentellement à une chose diffère de cette chose ; sinon, ce ne serait pas un accident, mais la chose elle-même. Parmi les accidents, certains sont inséparables de ce à quoi ils appartiennent, comme la longueur, la largeur et la profondeur le sont des corps, puisqu’il est impossible de concevoir un corps sans leur présence.

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