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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 2

Section 435 of 757

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Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

καὶ γὰρ ὁ Τίμων (B 75 Diels PPF) ἐν τοῖς πρὸς τοὺς φυσικοὺς τοῦτο ὑπέλαβε δεῖν ἐν πρώτοις ζητεῖν, φημὶ δέ τὸ εἰ ἐξ ὑπσθέσεώς τι ληπτέον. διόπερ καὶ ἡμᾶς οἰκεῖόν ἐστιν ἐκείνῳ στοιχοῦντας τὸ παραπλήσιον ποιεῖν ἐν τῇ πρὸς τοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν μαθημάτων διεξόδῳ.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

For Timon too (B 75 Diels, PPF), in his arguments against the natural philosophers, supposed that this should be investigated first, namely whether anything ought to be accepted by hypothesis. It is therefore fitting that we follow him and do something similar in our treatment of the mathematical disciplines.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Timôn (B 75 Diels, PPF), dans ses écrits contre les physiciens, pensait lui aussi qu’il fallait examiner cela en premier lieu, je veux dire s’il faut admettre quelque chose par hypothèse. Il convient donc que, suivant ses pas, nous fassions de même dans notre exposé contre les tenants des sciences.

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