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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 146
Section 586 of 791
Canonical reference 10.146
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
τὸ μὲν οὖν ἀμφότερα στῆναι πάνυ ἐστὶν ἀπίθανον· τόπου γὰρ οὐχ ὑποκειμένου καὶ μηδενὸς πρὸς τὴν κίνησιν ἀντικόπτοντος οὐ στήσεται. τὸ δὲ προκαταταχεῖν τοῦ ἑτέρου τὸ ἕτερον παρὰ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν· ὑπέκειτο γὰρ ἰσοταχῶς ἑκάτερον αὐτῶν κινούμενον.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
That both should stop is altogether implausible, for when no place is lacking and nothing checks their motion, they will not stop. That one should move ahead of the other is contrary to the supposition, for each was supposed to move at equal speed.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Qu’ils s’arrêtent tous les deux est tout à fait invraisemblable: puisqu’aucun lieu ne leur fait défaut et que rien ne s’oppose à leur mouvement, ils ne s’arrêteront pas. Que l’un devance l’autre est contraire à l’hypothèse, car chacun d’eux était supposé se mouvoir à vitesse égale.
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