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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 253

Section 253 of 791

Canonical reference 9.253

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

καὶ δὴ κεχωρισμένον μὲν αὐτῆς αὐτόθεν οὔτε αὐτὸ αἴτιόν ἐστι, μὴ παρούσης τῆς πρὸς ἣν λέγεται αἴτιον, οὔτε ἐκείνη πάσχει, μὴ συμπαρόντος τοῦ ποιοῦντος.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

When separated from the matter, it is immediately evident that the former is not a cause, since that in relation to which it is called a cause is absent, and the latter is not acted upon, since the agent is not present with it.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Lorsqu’elle est séparée de la matière, il est d’emblée évident que l’une n’est pas cause, puisque ce pour quoi elle est dite cause n’est pas présent, et que l’autre ne subit rien, puisque l’agent n’est pas présent avec elle.

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