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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 29

Section 578 of 757

Canonical reference 4.29

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

καὶ ἄλλως, εἴπερ ἀπὸ τῆς δεκάδος γίνεται ἡ τῆς μονάδος ἆρσις, ἤτοι ἀπὸ οὔσης γίνεται τῆς δεκάδος ἆρσις ἢ ἀπὸ μὴ οὔσης οὔτε δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς οὕσης γένοιτʼ ἄν (ἐφʼ ὅσον γὰρ μένει χρόνον δεκάς, οὐδὲν ἀπʼ αὐτῆς ἀφαιρεθῆναι δύναται ὡς δεκάδος,

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Besides, if the unit is removed from the decad, the removal occurs either from the decad while it exists or from it while it does not exist. But it could not occur from it while it exists, for as long as it remains a decad, nothing can be subtracted from it as a decad,

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

D’ailleurs, si l’unité est retirée de la dizaine, ce retrait s’effectue soit sur une dizaine existante, soit sur une dizaine inexistante. Mais il ne saurait s’effectuer sur la dizaine existante, car aussi longtemps qu’elle demeure une dizaine, rien ne peut en être retranché en tant que dizaine,

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