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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 230
Section 230 of 791
Canonical reference 9.230
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
ὡσαύτως δὲ οὐδὲ τὸ μένον τῷ κινουμένῳ κινήσεως ἢ τὸ κινούμενον τῷ μένοντι μονῆς δι’ ἐναντιότητα φύσεως· καθὰ γὰρ τὸ ψυχρὸν οὐκ ἔχον τὸν τοῦ θερμοῦ λόγον οὐδέποτε δύναται θερμαίνειν, καὶ ὡς τὸ θερμὸν μὴ ἔχον τὸν τοῦ ψυχροῦ λόγον οὐδέποτε δύνατ’ αἰ ψύχειν, οὕτως οὐδὲ τὸ κινούμενον, μὴ ἔχον τὸν τοῦ μένοντος λόγον, οὐδέποτε δύναται μονῆς εἷναι ποιητικόν, ἢ τὸ ἀνάπαλιν.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Likewise, neither can what is at rest cause motion in what moves, nor what moves cause rest in what is at rest, because their natures are contrary. For just as the cold, not possessing the character of the hot, can never heat, and the hot, not possessing the character of the cold, can never cool, so what moves, not possessing the character of what is at rest, can never produce rest, nor conversely.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
De même, ce qui demeure ne saurait être cause du mouvement de ce qui se meut, ni ce qui se meut cause du repos de ce qui demeure, en raison de l’opposition de leurs natures. De même que le froid, ne possédant pas la définition du chaud, ne peut jamais chauffer, et que le chaud, ne possédant pas la définition du froid, ne peut jamais refroidir, de même ce qui se meut, ne possédant pas la définition de ce qui demeure, ne peut jamais produire le repos, ni inversement.
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