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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 372

Section 818 of 927

Canonical reference 8.372

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

καὶ μὴν εἴπερ πᾶν τὸ ἀκολουθοῦν τοῖς ἐξ ὑποδέσεως ληφθεῖσιν ἀξιοῖ τις βέβαιον εἶναι, ὅλην συγχέει τὴν φιλόσοφον ζήτησιν. εὐθέως γὰρ ὑποθησόμεθα τὰ τρία τέσσαρα εἷναι, καὶ συνάξομεν ὧς ἀκολουθοῦν τὸ τὰ ὲξ ὀκτὼ ὑπάρχειν ἔσται δὲ τοῦτο ἀληθές (τὸ τὰ ὀκτὼ ὑπάρχειν) <....>.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Moreover, if someone maintains that everything following from what is accepted by hypothesis is secure, he confounds the whole philosophical inquiry. For we shall immediately hypothesize that three is four, and infer as a consequence that six is eight. Yet this, that eight exists, will be true <....>.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

En outre, si quelqu’un soutient que tout ce qui suit les choses admises par hypothèse doit être certain, il jette dans la confusion toute la recherche philosophique. Nous poserons aussitôt par hypothèse que trois font quatre, et nous en déduirons comme conséquence que six font huit ; et cela sera vrai, à savoir que huit font <....>.

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