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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 41

Section 474 of 757

Canonical reference 3.41

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

ἐπισυνθετικῶς δὲ καθάπερ ἀπὸ ἵππου καὶ ἀνθρώ- που ἱπποκένταυρος· ἵππεια γὰρ καὶ βρότεια μίξαντες μέλη ἐφαντασιώθημεν τὸν μήτε ἄνθρωπον μήτε ἵππον ἀλλʼ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων σύνθετον ἱπποκένταυρον. ἀναλογιστικῶς δέ τι νοεῖται πάλιν κατὰ δύο τρόπους,

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Through composition we conceive a horse-centaur from a horse and a human being. For by combining equine and mortal limbs we formed an impression of the horse-centaur, which is neither a human being nor a horse but a composite of both. Something is conceived by analogy, in turn, in two ways,

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

et le centaure est conçu par composition à partir du cheval et de l’homme. En mêlant des membres chevalins et humains, nous nous sommes représenté le centaure, qui n’est ni homme ni cheval, mais composé des deux. Quant à la conception par analogie, elle se fait à son tour de deux manières,

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