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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 160

Section 160 of 757

Canonical reference 1.160

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

ἀλλʼ ἐπεὶ κἀν τοῖς πρὸς τούς μουσικούς ( VI 60;67) προηγουμένως περὶ ποδῶν ζητοῦμεν, ἵνα μὴ προλαμβάνωμεν τὰ μελλήσοντα πρὸς ἐκείνους λέγεσναι ἢ μὴ δὶς τὰ αὐτὰ λέγωμεν, ταύτην μὲν τὴν ἀπορίαν εἰς τὸν δέοντα καιρὸν ὑπερθη σόμεθα, περὶ δέ τῆς διαιρέσεως τῶν τοῦ λόγου μερῶν σκεψώμεθα.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

But since in our work Against the Musicians (VI 60; 67) we inquire principally about feet, in order neither to anticipate what will be said against them nor to say the same things twice, we shall postpone that difficulty until the proper occasion and consider the division of the parts of discourse.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Mais puisque, dans notre ouvrage Contre les musiciens aussi (VI, 60; 67), nous examinons principalement les pieds, afin de ne pas anticiper ce que nous leur dirons ou de ne pas répéter deux fois les mêmes choses, nous remettrons cette difficulté au moment opportun et examinerons la division des parties du discours.

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