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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 171

Section 611 of 791

Canonical reference 10.171

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἄτοπον. καὶ ἄλλως· τὴν μὲν κίνησιν τοῦ κόσμου ἐνδέχεται νοεῖν κατά τινα χρόνον μὴ οὖσαν, ὥστ’ οὐκ ἂν εἴη τοῦ κόσμου κίνησις <ὁ> χρόνος.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

which is absurd. And in another way: it is possible to conceive the motion of the cosmos as not existing during some time, so time cannot be <the> motion of the cosmos.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

ce qui est absurde. Autrement encore: on peut concevoir que le mouvement du monde n’existe pas durant un certain temps, de sorte que le temps ne saurait être <le> mouvement du monde.

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