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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 16

Section 599 of 757

Canonical reference 5.16

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

τὸ δὲ μετὰ τὴν δύσιν ἐν τῷ ἀφανεῖ ποινὴν καὶ κακὴν τύχην, ὅπερ καὶ διάμετρόν ἐστι τῷ κακῷ δαίμονι, τὸ δὲ ἐρχό- μενον ὑπὸ γῆν ἀγαθὴν τύχην, διάμετρον τῷ ἀγαθῷ δαί- μονι,

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

The sign after the setting point, in the invisible region, is Retribution and Bad Fortune, and is opposite the Evil Daimon; the one approaching the place beneath the earth is Good Fortune, opposite the Good Daimon.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Le signe situé après le couchant, dans la partie invisible, est celui du Châtiment et de la Mauvaise Fortune, diamétralement opposé au Mauvais Démon; celui qui se dirige sous la terre est celui de la Bonne Fortune, diamétralement opposé au Bon Démon.

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 16

Ancient Greek

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