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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 115

Section 548 of 757

Canonical reference 3.115

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

μεταξὺ δὲ τῶν δυοῖν στιγμῶν φέρεσθαι πολλῷ ἀλογώτερον. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν δύναται μεταξὺ συνεχείας μέσον πεσεῖν πέρας· εἶτα κἂν δοθῇ τὸ τοιοῦτον ὡς δυνατόν, ὀφείλει μετακινεῖν τὰ ὧν μεταξὺ τάσσεται, εἶπερ ἐστὶ συνεχῆ· ταῦτα δʼ ἐστὶν ἀκίνητα. τοίνυν ἄπορος καὶ ὁ περὶ τοῦ τέμνοντός ἐστι λόγος.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

But for it to pass between the two points is much more irrational. First, no boundary can fall in the middle of a continuity. Then, even if this is granted as possible, it ought to displace the things between which it is placed, if they are continuous; but these are motionless. Thus the account of what performs the cutting is also perplexing.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Passer entre les deux points est bien plus déraisonnable encore. D’abord, aucune limite ne peut tomber au milieu d’une continuité. Ensuite, même si l’on accorde que cela est possible, cette limite doit déplacer les choses entre lesquelles elle se place, si elles sont contiguës. Or celles-ci sont immobiles. Le raisonnement relatif à ce qui coupe est donc lui aussi sans issue.

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