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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 166
Section 166 of 757
Canonical reference 1.166
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
ἤτοι γὰρ ἑαυτῷ τὸ μῆνιν προστίθεται ἢ τῷ πρου- ποκειμένῳ ἡμιστιχίῳ ἢ τῷ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων ἀποτελεσθέντι ἡρωικῷ μέτρῳ. καὶ ἑαυτῷ μέν οὐκ ἂν προστεθείη· μὴ ὄν γὰρ ἕτερον ἑαυτοῦ καὶ μὴ διπλασιάζον ἑαυτὸ οὐκ ἂν λέγοιτο ἑαυτῷ προστίθεσθαι. τῷ δὲ προϋποκειμένῳ ἡμιστιχίῳ πῶς ἐνδέχεται; ὅλῳ μέν γὰρ αὐτῷ προστιθέ- μενον καὶ αὐτὸ παρισαζόμενον ἐκείνῳ ἡμιστίχιον γενή- σεται,
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
For either “wrath” is added to itself, or to the previously given half-line, or to the heroic meter completed from both. It could not be added to itself, for since it is not other than itself and does not double itself, it could not be said to be added to itself. But how can it be added to the previously given half-line? For if it is added to the whole of it, and is itself made equal to it, it will become a half-line.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Car «colère» est ajouté soit à lui-même, soit au demi-vers préalablement posé, soit au mètre héroïque produit par les deux. Il ne saurait être ajouté à lui-même: n’étant pas autre que lui-même et ne se redoublant pas, on ne saurait dire qu’il s’ajoute à lui-même. Mais comment peut-il être ajouté au demi-vers préalablement posé? Ajouté à celui-ci tout entier et rendu égal à lui, il deviendra lui-même un demi-vers.
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