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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 208
Section 208 of 791
Canonical reference 9.208
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
τὰ δέ γε πρός τι ἐπινοεῖται μόνον ἀλλ’ οὐχ ὑπάρχει, καθὼς ἐν τοῖς περὶ ἀποδείξεως (adv. log. II 453;461) παρεστήσαμεν· καὶ τὸ αἴτιον ἄρα ἐπινοηθήσεται μόνον, οὐχ ὑπάρξει δέ.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
But relatives are merely conceived and do not exist, as we showed in our discussion of demonstration (Against the Logicians II 453, 461). Therefore cause too will merely be conceived and will not exist.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Or les relatifs sont seulement conçus et n’existent pas, comme nous l’avons établi dans nos développements sur la démonstration (Adv. log. II 453 ; 461). La cause sera donc seulement conçue, mais n’existera pas.
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