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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 218

Section 218 of 757

Canonical reference 1.218

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

οὐ μρν ἀλλʼ εἴπερ ἄρίστα μέν θρακιστὶ ὁιαλέγεσθαί ψαμεν τὸν ὡς σύνηθές ἐστι ἀἀραξὶ ὁιαλεγόμενον, καὶ κάλ- λιστα ῥωμαιστὶ τὸν ὡς σύνηθες Ῥωμαίοις, ἀκολουθήσει καὶ τὸ ἑλληνιστὶ ὑγιῶς διαλέγεσθαι τὸν ὡς σύνηθες Ἥλλη- σι διαλεγόμενον, ἐὰν τ συνηθεία ἀλλὰ μὴ τ διατάξει κατακολουθῶμεν. τῆ ἄρα συνηθείᾳ, οὐ τ ἀναλογία κατακολουθοῦντες ἑλληνιοῦμεν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Moreover, if we say that the person who speaks Thracian best is the one who speaks as is customary among Thracians, and that the person who speaks Latin best is the one who speaks as is customary among Romans, it will follow that the person who speaks Greek soundly is the one who speaks as is customary among Greeks, if we follow custom and not systematic ordering. Therefore we shall speak Greek by following custom, not analogy.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

En outre, si nous disons que celui qui parle le mieux thrace est celui qui parle comme il est habituel aux Thraces, et que celui qui parle le mieux latin est celui qui parle comme il est habituel aux Romains, il s’ensuivra que celui qui parle correctement grec est celui qui parle comme il est habituel aux Grecs, si nous suivons l’usage plutôt que l’agencement. C’est donc en suivant l’usage, et non l’analogie, que nous parlerons grec.

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