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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Physicists, Books IX-X of Against the Learned Section 83
Section 83 of 791
Canonical reference 9.83
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
ὁ δὲ κόσμος ἀξιολόγους ἀναδέχεται μεταβολάς, ὁτὲ μὲν κρυμαλέου τοῦ περιέχοντος γινομένου, ὁτὲ δὲ ἀλεεινοῦ, καὶ ὁτὲ μὲν αὐχμώδους, ὁτὲ δὲ νοτεροῦ, ὁτὲ δὲ ἄλλως πως κατὰ τὰς τῶν οὐρανίων κινήσεις ἑτεροιουμένου. οὐ τοίνυν ὑπὸ ψιλῆς ἕξεως ὁ κόσμος συνέχεται.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
The cosmos, however, undergoes significant changes: the surrounding universe becomes at one time cold, at another warm, at one time dry, at another moist, and at another altered in some other way according to the motions of the heavenly bodies. Therefore the cosmos is not held together by bare cohesion.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Le monde, en revanche, reçoit des transformations remarquables : le milieu environnant devient tantôt froid, tantôt chaud, tantôt sec, tantôt humide, ou se modifie de quelque autre manière selon les mouvements des corps célestes. Le monde n’est donc pas maintenu par une simple disposition.
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