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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 238

Section 678 of 791

Canonical reference 10.238

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

Πρὸς δὲ τὸν Ἐπίκουρον σύμπτωμα συμπτωμάτων ἀξιοῦντα τυγχάνειν τὸν χρόνον, πολλῶν καὶ ἄλλων λέγεσθαι δυναμένων, ἐκεῖνο πρὸς τὸ παρὸν ἀπαρκέσει λέγειν, ὅτι αἱ μέν πως ἔχουσαι οὐσίαι τάχα θεωροῦνται καὶ εἰσὶ τῶν ὑποκειμένων πραγμάτων, τὰ δὲ λεγόμενα συμβεβηκέναι ταῖς οὐσίαις, οὐχ ἕτερα ὄντα τῶν οὐσιῶν, ἀνυπόστατά ἐστιν·

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Against Epicurus, who maintains that time is an accident of accidents, many other things could be said. For the present it will suffice to say this: substances in certain conditions are perhaps observed and are among the underlying things, whereas what are called accidents of substances, since they are not distinct from the substances, are without subsistence.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Contre Épicure, qui soutient que le temps est un accident d’accidents, bien que beaucoup d’autres choses puissent être dites, il suffira pour l’instant de dire ceci: les substances qui se trouvent dans un certain état sont peut-être observées et appartiennent aux réalités sous-jacentes; mais ce qu’on appelle les accidents des substances, n’étant pas autre chose que les substances, est dépourvu de réalité propre.

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