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Sextus Empiricus
Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 37
Section 37 of 757
Canonical reference 1.37
Ancient Greek
Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc
καὶ μηδὲν μὲν σημαίνων οὐδὲ διδάσκαλός τινός ἐστι, σημαίνων δὲ ἤτοι φύσει τι ση- μαίνει ἢ θέσει. καὶ φύσει μέν οὐ σημαίνει διὰ τὸ μὴ πάντας πάντων ἀκούειν, Ἕλληνας βαρβάρων καὶ βαρβά- ρους Ἑλλήνων ἢ Ἕλληνας Ἑλλήνων ἢ βαρβάρους βαρβά- ρων θέσει δὲ εἴπερ σημαίνει,
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
If it signifies nothing, it teaches nothing. If it signifies, it does so either by nature or by convention. It does not signify by nature, since not everyone understands everyone else: Greeks do not understand barbarians, barbarians do not understand Greeks, and even Greeks do not always understand Greeks, nor barbarians barbarians. If it signifies by convention,
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
S’il ne signifie rien, il n’enseigne rien. S’il signifie, il signifie quelque chose soit par nature, soit par convention. Il ne signifie pas par nature, puisque tous ne comprennent pas tous les autres : les Grecs ne comprennent pas les barbares, ni les barbares les Grecs, ni même tous les Grecs les Grecs ou tous les barbares les barbares. Mais s’il signifie par convention,
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