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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 134

Section 134 of 757

Canonical reference 1.134

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

οὐκοῦν ἤτοι ἄλλο τί ἐστιν ὁ λόγος παρὰ τὰ μέρη αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄλλα τὰ μέρη παρὰ τὸν λόγον, ἢ τὸ ἄθροισμα τῶν μερῶν ὁ λόγος ὑπείληπται. καὶ εἰ μέν ἄλλο τι τῶν με |ρῶν ἐστιν ὁ λόγος, αἰρομένων δηλονότι τῶν ἐκκειμένων τοῦ λόγου μερῶν ὑπολειφθήσεται ὁ λόγος. τοσοῦτον δέ ἀπέχει ὁ προειρημένος στίχος τοῦ μένειν πάντων αἰρομένων αὐτοῦ τῶν μερῶν, ὡς κἄν ἓν ὁδηποτοῦν αὐτοῦ μέρος ἀνέλωμεν, οἷον τὸ μῆνιν ἢ τὸ ἄειδε, μηκέτι στίχος ὑπάρχειν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Either the speech is something other than its parts and its parts are other than the speech, or the speech is conceived as the aggregate of its parts. If the speech is something other than its parts, then when the stated parts of the speech are removed, the speech will plainly remain. But the verse just cited is so far from remaining when all its parts are removed that, if we remove any single part, such as “wrath” or “sing,” it is no longer the verse.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Ou bien le discours est autre chose que ses parties et ses parties sont autres que le discours, ou bien le discours est conçu comme l’agrégat de ses parties. Si le discours est autre chose que ses parties, une fois supprimées les parties du discours que nous venons d’exposer, le discours demeurera. Mais le vers cité est si loin de demeurer lorsque toutes ses parties sont supprimées que, si nous lui retirons une seule partie quelconque, comme « colère » ou « chante », il n’est déjà plus un vers.

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