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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 31

Section 464 of 757

Canonical reference 3.31

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

ἀλλʼ εἰ μὲν ἑνὶ ἐμπεριέχεται τόπῳ, οὐκ ἔσται γραμμὴ ἀλλὰ στιγμή· ῥυὲν γὰρ ἐνοεῖτο γραμμή. εἰ δὲ τόπον ἐκ τόπου μετέρχε- ται, ἤτοι, ὡς προεῖπον, ὃν μὲν ἀπολεῖπον ὅν δὲ ἐπιλαμ- βάνον μετέρχεται, ἢ οὖ μὲν ἐχόμενον τόπου εἰς ὃν δέ ἐκτεινόμενον. ἀλλʼ εἰ ὃν μὲν ἀπολεῖπον ὅν δὲ ἐπιλαμβάνον, πάλιν οὐκ ἔσται γραμμὴ ἀλλὰ στιγμή.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

If it is contained in one place, it will not be a line but a point, for a line was conceived as something that had flowed. If it passes from place to place, then, as I said before, it either passes by leaving the place it occupied and taking another, or by retaining the place it occupied and extending into another. If it leaves one place and takes another, it will again be not a line but a point.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

S’il est contenu dans un seul lieu, il ne sera pas une ligne mais un point, car la ligne était conçue comme un écoulement. S’il passe d’un lieu à un autre, soit, comme je l’ai dit, il quitte le lieu précédent en occupant le suivant, soit il demeure attaché au premier en s’étendant jusqu’au second. Mais s’il quitte l’un en occupant l’autre, il ne sera de nouveau pas une ligne, mais un point.

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