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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 200

Section 200 of 791

Canonical reference 9.200

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

πολλῶν γε μὴν γινομένων καὶ φθειρομένων αὐξομένων τε καὶ μειουμένων κινουμένων τε καὶ ἀκινητιζόντων, ἐξ ἀνάγκης ὁμολογεῖν δεῖ τὸ εἶναί τινα τούτων αἴτια, τὰ μὲν γενέσεως τὰ δὲ φθορᾶς, καὶ τὰ μὲν αὐξήσεως τὰ δὲ μειώσεως καὶ ἤδη κινήσεως ἤ ἀκινησίας.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Moreover, since many things come into being and perish, increase and diminish, move and become motionless, we must necessarily acknowledge that there are causes of these things, some of generation, others of destruction, some of increase, others of diminution, and likewise of motion or rest.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Puisque beaucoup de choses naissent et périssent, croissent et diminuent, se meuvent et s’immobilisent, il faut nécessairement reconnaître qu’il existe certaines causes de ces phénomènes : les unes de la génération, les autres de la destruction ; les unes de l’accroissement, les autres de la diminution ; et encore du mouvement ou de l’immobilité.

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