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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 183
Section 623 of 791
Canonical reference 10.183
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
καὶ πάλιν· ὅτε ἡ δευτέρα ἐνέστηκεν ὥρα, ἡ μὲν πρώτη οὐκέτ’ ἔστιν, αἱ δὲ λειπόμεναι δέκα οὔπω εἰσίν, διὸ τῶν πλειόνων μὴ οὐσῶν ὡρῶν οὐδ’ οὕτως ἔσται ἡ ἡμέρα. πάντοτε οὖν μιᾶς ὥρας ὑφεστώσης , τῆς δὲ ἡμέρας μιᾶς ὥρας μὴ οὔσης, οὐκ ἂν εἴη τις ἡμέρα.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Again, when the second hour is present, the first no longer exists and the remaining ten do not yet exist. Consequently, since the greater number of hours do not exist, neither in this way will the day exist. Since only one hour ever subsists, while a day is not one hour, there can be no day.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
De nouveau, lorsque la deuxième heure est présente, la première n’existe plus et les dix autres n’existent pas encore. Ainsi, puisque la plupart des heures n’existent pas, le jour n’existera pas davantage de cette manière. Puisqu’à chaque instant une seule heure existe, et qu’une seule heure n’est pas le jour, il ne saurait y avoir de jour.
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