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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 18

Section 601 of 757

Canonical reference 5.18

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

ἤ ἵνα συντομώτερον φῶμεν, τοῦ ὡροσκοποῦντος ζῳδίου τὸ μὲν ἀπόκλιμα καλεῖται κακὸς δαίμων, ἡ δʼ ἐπαναφορὰ ἀργόν· ὡσαύτως τοῦ μεσουρανήματος τὸ μὲν ἀπόκλιμα θεός, ἡ δʼ ἐπαναφορὰ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων·

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

Or, to put it more briefly, the declining place of the ascending sign is called Evil Daimon, and its post-ascension Idle. Likewise, the declining place of the Midheaven is God, and its post-ascension Good Daimon.

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

Ou, pour le dire plus brièvement, le déclin du signe à l’horoscope s’appelle Mauvais Démon, et son succédent Inactif. De même, le déclin du milieu du ciel s’appelle Dieu, et son succédent Bon Démon.

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