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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 102

Section 535 of 757

Canonical reference 3.102

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

λείπεται ἄρα τὸ κατ᾿ αὐτοὺς σημεῖον εἶναι λέγειν ὓ καὶ αὐτὸ τῶν ἀπόρων. εἰ γὰρ πάντῃ πανταχῶς ἀδιάστατόν ἐστι τὸ σημεῖον, οὐ διαιρεθήσεται ἡ γωνία. καὶ μὴν οὐδὲ μείζων τις ἔσται ἢ ἐλάσσων γωνία ἐν γὰρ τοῖς μηδεμίαν ἔχουσι διάστασιν οὐκ ἂν εἴη τις κατὰ μέγεθος διαφορά.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

It remains, then, for them to say that it is what they call a point, which itself is among the perplexing things. For if the point is wholly and altogether without extension, the angle will not be divided. Nor indeed will one angle be greater or less than another, since among things possessing no extension there could be no difference in magnitude.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Il reste donc à dire qu’il s’agit de leur point, lequel est lui-même au nombre des choses problématiques. Car si le point est absolument sans dimension, l’angle ne sera pas divisible. Il n’y aura pas davantage d’angle plus grand ou plus petit, car entre des choses qui n’ont aucune dimension, il ne saurait exister de différence de grandeur.

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