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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 202

Section 648 of 927

Canonical reference 8.202

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ πάντων· ἀσυνύπαρκτα γάρ ἐστι τὰ πάντα. διαφέρει τοίνυν τοῦ ὑπομνηστικοῦ σημείου τὸ ἐνδεικτικόν, καὶ οὐ μεταβατέον ἐστὶν ἀπ’ ἐκείνου ἐπὶ τοῦτο, παρόσον τὸ μὲν ἑνὸς μόνου δεῖ μηνυτικὸν ὑπάρχειν, τὸ δὲ πλειόνων δύναται εἶναι παραστατικὸν καὶ ὧς ἂν ἡμεῖς θεματίσωμεν σημαίνειν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Nor indeed can it disclose them all, for they cannot all coexist. Therefore the indicative sign differs from the commemorative, and we must not pass from the latter to the former, insofar as the indicative sign must disclose only one thing, whereas the commemorative can represent several and signify whatever we conventionally determine.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Il ne les indique pas non plus toutes, car elles ne coexistent pas toutes. Le signe indicatif diffère donc du signe commémoratif, et il ne faut pas passer de celui-ci à celui-là, puisque le premier ne doit indiquer qu’une seule chose, tandis que le second peut en présenter plusieurs et signifier selon la convention que nous établissons.

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