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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Logicians, Books VII-VIII of Against the Learned Section 375

Section 821 of 927

Canonical reference 8.375

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

Νὴ Δία, ἀλλ’ εἰώθασιν ὑποτυγχάνοντες λέγειν, ὅτι πίστις ἐστὶ τοῦ ἐρρῶσθαι τὴν ὑπόθεσιν τὸ ἀληθὲς εὑρίσκεσθαι ἐκεῖνο τὸ τοῖς ἐξ ὑποθέσεως ληφθεῖσιν ἐπιφερόμενον· εἰ γὰρ τὸ τούτοις ἀκολουθοῦν ἐστὶν ὑγιές, κἀκεῖνα οἷς ἀκολουθεῖ ἀληθῆ καὶ ἀναμφίλεκτα καθέστηκεν. καὶ πόθεν ἔχομεν, ἐρεῖ τις,

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

“Yes, by Zeus,” they customarily reply, “but evidence that the hypothesis is sound lies in the truth of what is inferred from the propositions accepted by hypothesis. For if what follows from them is sound, those propositions from which it follows are also true and indisputable.” But from where, someone will ask,

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Oui, par Zeus, mais ils ont coutume de répondre que la preuve de la solidité de l’hypothèse est que ce qui est conclu des choses admises par hypothèse se trouve vrai. Si, en effet, ce qui les suit est valide, les choses qu’il suit sont elles aussi vraies et incontestables. Mais d’où pouvons-nous, demandera-t-on,

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