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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 106

Section 539 of 757

Canonical reference 3.106

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

εἰ δὴ γω- νίαν φαμὲν τὸ ἐλάχιστον ὑπὸ τὴν κλίσιν διάστημα, οὐ σωθήσονται αἱ τοιαῦται τῶν γωνιῶν διαφοραί, παρόσον ὑπερέχουσί τε ἀλλήλας καὶ ὑπερέχονται ὑπʼ ἀλλήλων. ἢ εἴπερ [οὐ] σῴζονται, ἀναιρεῖται ἡ γωνία, μὴ ἔχουσα ἑστη- κὸς μέτρον ᾧ διαγνωσθήσεται. Περὶ μὲν οὖν εὐθείας γραμμῆς καὶ γωνίας τοιαῦτα ῥη- τέον πρὸς αὐτούς·

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

If, then, we call the smallest interval beneath the inclination an angle, such differences among angles will not be preserved, insofar as they exceed one another and are exceeded by one another. Or if they are [not] preserved, the angle is abolished, since it has no fixed measure by which it will be distinguished. Such, then, are the arguments to be stated against them concerning the straight line and the angle.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Si donc nous appelons angle le plus petit intervalle sous l’inclinaison, de telles différences entre les angles ne seront pas sauvegardées, puisqu’ils se dépassent réciproquement. Mais si elles [ne] sont sauvegardées, l’angle est aboli, faute de posséder une mesure fixe permettant de le reconnaître. Voilà donc ce qu’il faut leur répondre au sujet de la ligne droite et de l’angle.

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