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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 249

Section 689 of 791

Canonical reference 10.249

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

ἐοικέναι γὰρ λέγουσι τοὺς φιλοσοφοῦντας γνησίως τοῖς περὶ λόγον πονουμένοις. ὡς γὰρ οὗτοι πρῶτον τἀς λέξεις ἐξετάζουσιν ἐκ λέξεων γὰρ ὁ λόγος), καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐκ συλλαβῶν αἱ λέξεις, πρῶτον σκέπτονται τἀς συλλαβάς, καὶ ἐπεὶ ἐκ συλλαβῶν τὰ στοιχεῖα τῆς ἐγγραμμάτου φωνῆς ἀναλυομένων, περὶ ἐκείνων πρῶτον ἐρευνῶσιν,

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

For they say that those who philosophize genuinely resemble those who labor over speech. Just as the latter first examine words, since speech is composed of words, and, since words are composed of syllables, first investigate syllables, and, since when syllables are analyzed the elements of written sound emerge, inquire first into those elements,

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Ils disent en effet que ceux qui philosophent authentiquement ressemblent à ceux qui travaillent sur le discours. De même que ces derniers examinent d’abord les mots, car le discours se compose de mots, puis, puisque les mots se composent de syllabes, considèrent d’abord les syllabes, et puisque les syllabes se résolvent dans les éléments de la voix écrite, enquêtent d’abord sur ceux-ci,

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