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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 100

Section 420 of 757

Canonical reference 2.100

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

Οἴος δέ ἐστιν ὁ περὶ τοῦ δικανικοῦ μέρους λόγος, τοιοῦτος γένοιτʼ ἂν καὶ ὁ περὶ τοῦ συμβουλευτικοῦ, ἵναι μὴ μαρηγορῶμεν. τὸ μέν γὰρ ἐγκωμιαστικόν, σὺν τῷ ταῖς αὐταῖς ἀπορίαις ὑπάγεσθαι, ἔτι καὶ ἀμέθοδόν ἐστιν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

The argument concerning the deliberative part could be the same as that concerning the forensic part, so that we need not speak in vain. The encomiastic part, besides being subject to the same difficulties, is also without method.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Tel est le raisonnement sur la partie judiciaire; semblable pourrait être celui qui concerne la partie délibérative, afin que nous ne parlions pas en vain. Quant à l’encomiastique, outre qu’il est soumis aux mêmes difficultés, il est encore dépourvu de méthode.

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